Human brain-immune relationships: A PET study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 242-246

  Wik, Gustav ^a,b   Lekander, Mats ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Con A; Immune system; Monocytes; NK; PET; Psychoneuroimmunology; rCBF

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOTOR CORTEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031742834     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0529     Document Type: Article

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