THEME: "Emerging Challenges and Advances in Neurology and Neuropsychiatry"
Neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation
comprises of the discovery of new antibody-associated diseases of both central
and peripheral nervous systems and the development of a new medicinal
subspeciality entitled autoimmune neurology. These are fueling excitement and
attracting increasing numbers of clinical and basic investigators to these
disciplines.
Neuroinflammation comprises biochemical and
cellular responses of the nervous system to injury, infection or
neurodegenerative diseases. Neuroinflammation is a complex biological response
involving many signaling proteins, receptors, and cell types. Neuroinflammation
arises from a combination of responses from resident glial cells in the central
nervous system, which include microglial cells, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes
and other related brain cells.