Effect of endogenous cortisol levels on natural killer cell activity in healthy humans

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Bodner, Gershon ^a   Ho, Ann ^a   Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Dexamethasone; Endogenous cortisol levels; Metyrapone; Natural killer cell activity; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0032416192     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0533     Document Type: Article

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