Modulation of immune cell function by the autonomic nervous system

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-38

  Friedman, Elliot M ^a,b   Irwin, Michael R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Immunity; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUTOXAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXIDOPAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINDING SITE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; STRESS;

EID: 0030851292     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00200-8     Document Type: Review

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