Keywords:
Stress (Physiology).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book contains two personal reminiscences of historical importance to research on stress and infectious disease. It deals with perspectives on immunity, aging, and disease and the prospects for immunorestoration in the treatment of immunodeficiency arising from aging and stress.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781000146455
Series Statement:
Immunology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6259573
DDC:
618.97/079
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction: Historical Approach to Stress, Immunity, and Aging -- 1. Emotions, Immunity, and Disease: An Historical and Philosophical Perspective -- Part I. Overview of the Immune System, Neuroendocrine System, and Aspects of the Environment -- 2. The Immune System: An Overview -- 3. Neuroendocrine Control, Stress, and Immunity -- 4. Sun, Time, and Immunity -- Summary: Part I -- Part II. The Aging Lymphocyte, Stress, and Immunity -- 5. Behavior, Stress, and Lymphocyte Recirculation -- 6. Effects of Acute and Chronic Stress upon Lymphocyte Blastogenesis in Mice and Humans: "Of Mice and Men -- 7. Stress-Induced Suppression of Lymphocyte Function in Rats -- 8. Lymphocyte Transformation Induced by Autologous Cells XVI. Effect of Steroids on the Human AMLR -- Summary: Part II-The Aging Lymphocyte, Stress, and Immunity -- Part III. Hormones, Aging, and the Immune Response -- 9. Hormonal Regulation of the Immune Response -- 10. Alterations in Immune Function With Age, Sex Hormones, and Stress -- 11. Interaction Between Thymic Hormones and Other Endocrine Products -- 12. Immune and Endocrine Factors in Autoimmune Disease -- Summary: Part III-The Immune System Is Not an Island unto Itself: A Summary of Hormones, Aging, and the Immune Response -- Part IV. Immunomodulation, Immunorestoration, Stress, and Disease -- 13. Neuroimmunomodulation of Reactions to Viral or Pseudoviral Antigens -- 14. Activation of Neuroendocrine Pathways by Thymosin Peptides -- 15. Cyclic Nucleotides in Neurohumoral and Hormonal Regulation of Cells of the Immune System -- 16. Enkephalins: Stress and Immunity -- 17. Restoration of Immune Responses in Aging Animal Models -- Summary: Part IV-Immunomodulation, Immunorestoration, Stress, arid Disease.
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Part V. Perspectives on Immunity, Aging, and Disease -- 18. Aging and Immunity -- 19. The Prospects for Immunorestoration in the Treatment of immuno-Deficiency Arising from Aging or Stress -- Index.
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