Psychoneuroendocrine interventions aimed at attenuating immunosenescence: A review

Biogerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-20

  Bauer, Moisés E ^a   Muller, Guilherme C ^a,b   Correa, Bruna Luz ^a   Vianna, Priscila ^c   Turner, James E ^d   Bosch, Jos A ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Glucocorticoids; Immunosenescence; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GHRELIN; GLUTATHIONE; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACNE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTHRALGIA; ATTENUATION; BONE DENSITY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZZINESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INDEPENDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TEMPERAMENT; WELLBEING;

AGING; AGING, PREMATURE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876417924     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-012-9412-5     Document Type: Review

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