Psychological stress, telomeres, and telomerase

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-530

  Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a   Glaser, Ronald ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; TELOMERASE;

AGING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CHRONIC STRESS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; HUMANS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77951878301     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.02.002     Document Type: Note

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