Psychoneuroimmunology

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-31

  Tausk, Francisco ^a   Elenkov, Ilia ^b   Moynihan, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Institute of Neurobiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Neuropeptides; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ACNE; ALOPECIA AREATA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC STRESS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LICHEN PLANUS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PEMPHIGUS; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; TH2 CELL; URTICARIA;

HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40349085941     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00166.x     Document Type: Review

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