Acute stress enhances while chronic stress suppresses cell-mediated immunity in vivo: A potential role for leukocyte trafficking

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 286-306

  Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

2,4 dinitro 1 fluorobenzene (DNFB); Cell mediated immunity; Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH); Leukocyte trafficking; Lymphocyte; Plasma corticosterone; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; STRESS;

EID: 0031415757     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1997.0508     Document Type: Article

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