Stress and exercise: Getting the balance right for aging immunity

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Burns, Victoria E ^a   Lord, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; DHEA; Immune

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; DEPRESSION; DYSENTERY; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LIFESTYLE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEPSIS; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 33846114717     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jes.0b013e31802d7008     Document Type: Review

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