Cytokines, Stress, and Depression

Cytokines had been characterized in the early eighties as communication mole­ cules between immune cells, and between immunocytes and other peripheral cells, such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. They play a key role in the regulation of the immune r

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CYTOKINES, STRESS, AND DEPRESSION Edited by

Robert Dantzer INRA-INSERM Bordeaux, France

Emmanuelle E. Wollman CNRS Paris, France

and

Raz Yirmiya The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel

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Proceedings of an International Congress on Cytokines, Stress, and Depression, held May 15-16, 1998, in Roscoff, France ISBN 0-306-46135-8 ©1999 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 10

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PREFACE

Cytokines had been characterized in the early eighties as communication molecules between immune cells, and between immunocytes and other peripheral cells, such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. They play a key role in the regulation of the immune respons