Neural-immune system interactions in Xenopus

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-129

  Kinney, Kevin S ^a   Cohen, Nicholas ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Comparative; Endocrine; Neural immune interactions; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; XENOPUS;

EID: 63849165628     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3233     Document Type: Article

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