The immune system is subject to modulation by a number of environmental cues including, but not limited to, microbial infections, toxic agents, stress, drugs and trauma. Endogenous immunoregulatory factors include those produced by the nervous and endocrine systems. This chapter discusses how these factors, as well as drugs targeting the immune, autonomic and central nervous systems, affect the immune system.
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Hexum, T.D., Murrin, L.C., Scholar, E.M. (2008). Neuropharmacology. In: Gendelman, H.E., Ikezu, T. (eds) Neuroimmune Pharmacology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72573-4_38
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