Effect of gender and menstrual cycle on immune system response to acute mental stress: Apoptosis as a mediator

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Pehlivanoglu, Bilge ^a   Bayrak, Sibel ^a   Gurel, Esin Ileri ^a   Balkanci, Zeynep Dicle ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cortisol; Gender; Immune system; Menstrual cycle; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENDER; HEART RATE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855131168     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327993     Document Type: Article

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