Catecholamine-induced leukocytosis: Early observations, current research, and future directions

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-91

  Benschop, Robert J ^a   Rodriguez Feuerhahn, Mario ^b   Schedlowski, Manfred ^b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FIGHTING; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030174868     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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