Table of Contents

Depression and Immunity.- Immune Correlates of Depression.- Major Depression and Activation of The Inflammatory Response System.- Cytokine Production in Depressed Patients.- Indicators of Immune Activation in Depressed Patients.- Brain Effects on Cytokines.- Mood and Cognitive Disorders in Cancer Patients Receiving Cytokine Therapy.- Mechanisms of the Behavioural Effects of Cytokines.- Effects of Cytokines on Glucocorticoid Receptor Expression And Function.- Effects of Cytokines on Cerebral Neurotransmission.- Inflammation and Brain Function under Basal Conditions and During Long-Term Elevation of Brain Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Levels.- Effects of Stress on Cytokine Production and Actions.- Dynamic Regulation of Proinflammatory Cytokines.- Cross-Sensitization Between Immune And Non-Immune Stressors.- Effects of Cytokines and Cytokine Antagonists in Animal Models of Depression.- Anhedonic and Anxiogenic Effects of Cytokine Exposure.- Stress, Learned Helplessness, and Brain Interleukin-1?.- Stress, Depression, and The Role of Cytokines.- Effects of Antidepressants Cytokine Production and Action.- Is There Evidence for an Effect of Antidepressant Drugs on Immune Function?.- Cytokines, “Depression Due to A General Medical Condition,” and Antidepressant Drugs.- Cytokines, Stress, and Depression.