Preface by Ehud Lavi and Cris S. Constantinescu PART A - EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC (AUTOIMMUNE) ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (EAE): EAE: history, clinical signs, and disease course.- Induction of EAE.- Histopathology of EAE.- Neuroantigens in EAE: Myelin genes, proteins, and non-protein antigens.- Adjuvants in EAE.- The role of astrocytes in autoimmune disease of the central nervous system.- Role of microglia and macrophages in EAE.- The Neuron and axon in EAE.- Endothelial cells and adhesion molecules in EAE.- Genetics of EAE.- T lymphocytes in EAE: Insights into the development and control of the autoreactive T cell.- The role of complement in EAE.- B cells and antibodies in EAE.- Cytokines in EAE.- The role of interferons in EAE.- The role of growth factors in EAE.- The chemokine system in EAE.- Free radicals and EAE.- Proteases and peptidases in EAE.- The blood-brain-barrier in EAE.- Immunomodulation in EAE: altered peptide ligands, tolerance, and Th1/Th2.- The role of costimulation in EAE.- Epitope spreading in EAE.- Apoptotic cell death in EAE: apoptosis of effector cells as a safe mechanism in the termination of an autoimmune inflammatory attack.- Environmental influences in EAE.- Hormonal and gender influences on EAE.- EAE in primates.- PART B - THEILER'S MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS (TMEV)- INDUCED DEMYELINATION: Histopathology in the Theiler's virus model of demyelination.- TMEV and neuroantigens: myelin genes and proteins, molecular mimicry, epitope spreading, and autoantibody-mediated remyelination.- The role of astrocytes, ligodendrocytes, microglia and endothelial cells in TMEV infection.- Immunogenetics, resistance, and susceptibility to Theiler's virus infection.- The role of T cells and the innate immune system in Theiler's virus demyelinating disease.- Cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules in TMEV-IDD.- Molecular determinants of TMEV pathogenesis.- Nitric oxide in TMEV.- Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus(TMEV)-induced demyelination: apoptosis in TMEV infection.- PART C - CORONA VIRUS-INDUCED DEMYELINATION: Histopathology in coronavirus-induced demyelination.- The role of astrocytes, microglia, and endothelial cells in coronavirus-induced demyelination: induction of cytokines and other signaling mechanisms.- Axons and neurons in coronavirus-indued demyelination.- The role of T cells in corona-virus induced demyelination.- The role of humoral immunity in mouse hepatitis virus induced demyelination. The role of T cell epitopes in coronavirus infection.- Coronaviruses and neuroantigens: myelin proteins, myelin genes.- Coronavirus-induced demyelination and remyelination: growth factor expression and function.- Chemokines in coronavirus-induced demyelination.- Coronavirus receptors.- Apoptosis in MHV-induced demyelination.- The role of metalloproteinases in corona virus infection.- Molecular determinants in coronavirus MHV-induced demyelination.- PART D - DEMYELINATION INDUCED BY OTHER VIRUSES: Semliki Forest Virus-induced demyelination.- The pathogenesis of canine distemper virus induced demyelination: a biphasic process.