Natural killer cell and proinflammatory cytokine responses to mental stress: Associations with heart rate and heart rate variability

Biological Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-115

  Owen, Natalie ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac reactivity; Cytokines; Heart rate; Interleukin 6; Natural killer cells; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STRESS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0037961616     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(03)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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