Role of sleep in the regulation of the immune system and the pituitary hormones

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1261, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-106

  Gómez González, Beatriz ^a   Domínguez Salazar, Emilio ^a   Hurtado Alvarado, Gabriela ^a   Esqueda Leon, Enrique ^a   Santana Miranda, Rafael ^a   Rojas Zamorano, Jose Angel ^a   Velázquez Moctezuma, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Cytokines; Hormones; Pituitary gland; Sleep; Sleep function; Sleep loss

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CYTOKINE; DESMOPRESSIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; MICROGLIA; MUSCLE ATONIA; NONHUMAN; REM SLEEP; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 84864080437     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06616.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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