Gender differences in stimulated cytokine production following acute psychological stress

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 622-628

  Prather, Aric A ^a   Carroll, Judith E ^a   Fury, Jacqueline M ^a   McDade, Kevin K ^a   Ross, Diana ^a   Marsland, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cytokine; Gender; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 68649111834     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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