Cytokines and the brain: Implications for clinical psychiatry

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 683-694

  Kronfol, Ziad ^a   Remick, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034062158     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.5.683     Document Type: Review

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