Modulation of the immunologic response to acute stress in humans by β-blockade or benzodiazepines

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-524

  Benschop, Robert J ^a   Jacobs, Roland ^a   Sommer, Barbara ^a   Schürmeyer, Thomas H ^a   Raab, Hans Rudolf ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Neuroendocrinology; Neuroimmunology; Splenectomy; adrenoceptor blockade

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPRAZOLAM; HYDROCORTISONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARACHUTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; SPLENECTOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029927352     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.4.8647351     Document Type: Article

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