Psychoneuroimmunology - Mind-brain-immune interactions

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Whitesman, Simon ^a   Booth, Roger ^b  

^a Cape Town Medi Clinic   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; SACCHARIN; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONDITIONING; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TASTE AVERSION;

HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 2342639006     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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