Chronic life stress alters sympathetic, neuroendocrine, and immune responsivity to an acute psychological stressor in humans

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-457

  Pike, Jennifer L ^a,b   Smith, Tom L ^a   Hauger, Richard L ^a,b   Nicassio, Perry M ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^a,b   McClintick, John ^b   Costlow, Carolyn ^b   Irwin, Michael R ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune function; Neuroendocrine function; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KILLER CELL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030745784     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199707000-00015     Document Type: Article

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