Behavioral immunization: Immunity to self-antigens contributes to psychological stress resilience

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-536

  Lewitus, G M ^a   Schwartz, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

BDNF; Behavioral immunization; Immune; Memory T cells; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL IMMUNIZATION; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349166480     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.103     Document Type: Article

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