Can we really know if a stressor increases or decreases natural killer cell activity?

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1224-1225

  Ben Eliyahu, Shamgar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHRONIC STRESS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; STRESS; TARGET CELL; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867209313     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.08.004     Document Type: Note

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