The brain: A psychoneuroimmunological approach

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-150

  Uhlig, Thomas ^a   Kallus, Konrad W ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain psychoneuroimmunology; Fatigue; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Mood; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOOD; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 17144389379     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000162832.48721.0d     Document Type: Review

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