Stress and the aging immune system

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-119

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Buffering; Duration; Exposure; Immunity; Reactivity; Recovery; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGING; CAREGIVER; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA; LIFESPAN; MEMORY CELL; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS;

EID: 0842284350     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2003.09.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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