Acute psychosocial stress induces differential short-term changes in catecholamine sensitivity of stimulated inflammatory cytokine production

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-148

  Strahler, Jana ^a   Rohleder, Nicolas ^b   Wolf, Jutta M ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute psychosocial stress; Catecholamine sensitivity; Catecholamines; Cortisol; Cytokines; Inflammation; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; CATECHOLAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NORADRENALIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CENTER OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD CELLS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919429043     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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