PNIRS2008

Switching transcription factor use preserves cytokine production after NF-kB inhibition in neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia. #104

IL-1 signaling in astrocytes is essential for hippocampal-dependent memory functioning. #150

Interferon-α and its CNS action: from JAK/STAT signaling to behavioral impact. #88

How does immune activation influence motivated behavior? Autonomic and limbic inputs drive the rostral nucleus accumbens following lipopolysaccharide injection. #94

Alterations in brain and behavioral development of offspring following prenatal flu infection in rhesus monkeys. #100

Minocycline attenuates Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced brain cytokine expression, social withdrawal, and anhedonia. #18

Prenatal exposure to endotoxin sensitizes rhesus monkeys to exogenous stress throughout infancy. #48

Role of p38 MAP kinase-GRK2 interactions in chronic inflammatory hyperalgesia. #77

Cytokines sing the blues: PNI at the translational interface

Effects of an acute laboratory stressor on regulatory T cell (Treg) levels in normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). # 142

Attachment avoidance predicts inflammatory response to marital conflict. #112

University examinations cause hyper-inflammation of mucosal tissues. #89

Application of repeated social stress to pregnant gilts during early or late gestation diferentially affects HPA axis and immune system activity of the piglets. #82

The effects of the physical work environment on circadian variations in heart rate variability. #79

Inflammation as a response to bereavement is associated with increased subgenual anterior cingulate activity. #57

Hostility is related to clusters of T-cell cytokines and chemokines in healthy men. #102

Telomere length and pessimistic attitudes in older women. #105

Systemic inflammation and stroke

Functional consequences of the systemic response to brain injury and disease

Neuroinflammation and cognitive and motor impairment in the aged: Evidence for a dysregulated linkage between the immune system and brain

Modulating microglial activation modulates age-related neuroinflammation

Behavioral regulation of immune response genes

Perspectives on the crosstalk between the immune and nervous system

The Future Lies in the Past

Drug Conditioning and the Wisdom of the Body

ORAL SESSION 3 - Cytokines and Behavior: Bidirectional Relationships

Acute and chronic IL-1beta administrations differentially modulate learning and memory, acetylcholine efflux and neurotrophin expressions in the hippocampus: possible mechanisms involved in neuroprotection and neurodegeneration. #129

Young adult APOE e4 carriers show a stress-induced decline in "hot cognition" and sIL-6r, but not IL-6. #19

Sleep, sleep deprivation and responses to lipopolysaccharide of interleukin-1b receptor 1 and tumor necrosis factor-a receptor 1 double knockout mice. #152

Gender -specific associations between disturbed sleep and biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation and insulin resistance. #93

Chronic stress reduces glucocorticoid and alpha-adrenergic receptor expression, and induces an inflammatory state characterised by increased IL-12 and IFN-gamma production. #45

Serum Interleukin (IL)-6 and sTNF-R1 are associated with development of multiple symptoms during first 30 days of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. #101

Rats infected early in life with bacteria exhibit exaggerated fever, sickness behavior, and lack of endotoxin tolerance in adulthood. #12

Interferon-γ receptors are required for upregulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and depressive-like behavior induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. #144

ORAL SESSION 4 - SNS Mediators, Glucocorticoid Mediators, Viral Outcomes

Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulation of T-lymphocyte proliferation in aging F344 rats. #135

Social temperament and lymph node innervation. #33

Disease-induced changes in sympathetic to immune signaling in adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA). #127

Glucocorticoid eeceptor expression in children shows opposite patterns of associations with anxiety and depression. #87

Dexamethasone activates Epstein Barr Virus lytic replication through immediate early BZLF1 gene expression. #74

Optimism is associated with attenuated stressor-induced increases in inflammatory cytokines and negative mood states. #76

The association of poor sleep to immunogenicity following an avian flu vaccine in healthy older adults. #153

Effects of social disruption stress on CD4+ T cell activation, trafficking, and survival during influenza infection. #110

Chronic stress promotes tumor growth through a Src-dependent mechanism in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. #34

Stress attenuates the efficacy of IL-12 immunostimulation: An in vivo study of resistance to experimental metastasis. #47

Restraint stress increases breast tumor growth and angiogenesis. #21

Exercise therapy for ovarian cancer: How does exercise counteract stress-induced tumor growth? #29

Marginating pulmonary leukocytes in C57BL/6 mice: Distinct characteristics and enhanced NK cytotoxicity against syngeneic tumor cells. #44

Norepinephrine upregulates VEGF IL-6, and IL-8 expression in human melanoma tumor cell lines: implications for stress-related enhancement of tumor progression. #11

SYMPOSIUM II: Individual Responses to the Environment: Immune and health correlates

Chair: Dr. Sonia A. Cavigelli
Co-Chair: Dr. John P. Capitanio

Role of acute vs. long-term depressive mood in systemic inflammatory activity

Caregiving, repetitive thought, and serum IL-6 in older adults

Antagonistic characteristics are positively associated with inflammatory markers independently of trait negative emotionality.

Female temperament, tumor development and life span: Relation to glucocorticoid and TNFα levels in rats

SYMPOSIUM III: NeuroAIDS Symposium: HIV and the Brain: Models and Treatment Approaches

Co-Chairs: Dr. Keith W. Kelley and Dr. Robert Dantzer

Stress, substance abuse and HIV interactions

Role of innate immune responses in the neuropathogenesis induced by SIV in macaques

Neural progenitors and HIV neuropathogenesis

Genetic and epigenetic factors in neuroAIDS

Biomarkers, laboratory, and animal models for the design and development of adjunctive therapies for HIV-1 dementia and other neuroinflammatory disorders

Neuroanatomy of lymphoid innervation: Recent advances and insights

Psychosocial and viral modulation of lymphoid innervation

Injury and sprouting responses of sympathetic nerves in lymphoid organs: Impact on altered immunity in rheumatoid arthritis and potential therapeutic target

Sympathetic innervation across the lifespan: Implications for immune function

Dynamic innervation of lymphoid tissue: Themes and implications