Sleep and immunity: Cytokine pathways linking sleep and health outcomes

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Motivala, Sarosh J ^a,b   Irwin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947251867     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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