Sympathetic innervation of the immune system and its role in modulation of immune responses, immune- related diseases models, and integrative medicine

Autonomic Neuroimmunology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Felten, David L ^a   Kelley, Sheila P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Cancer; Catecholamines; Cell mediated immunity; Complementary medicine; Immune senescence; Natural killer cell activity; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444426940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3109/9780203008966     Document Type: Chapter

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