Why are behavioral and immune traits linked?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue , 2017, Pages 52-59

  Lopes, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndromes; Coping styles; Cytokines; Early life experiences; Maternal antibodies; Microbiota; Parental investment; Personality; Physiology

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGREEABLENESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL TRAIT; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BOLDNESS; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TRAIT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; OPENNESS; PARASITISM; PERSONALITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84995607490     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.09.008     Document Type: Review

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