Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology

• Main Author: Daruna, Jorge Hilarion (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Academic Press 2012
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Psychoneuroimmunology; Neuroimmunomodulation
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Health is maintained by the coordinated operation of all the biological systems that make up the individual. The Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology, Second Edition, presents an overview of what has been discovered by scientists regarding how bodily systems respond to environmental challenges and...

Table of Contents:

• Historical antecedents
• Immune system basics
• Endocrine-immune modulation
• Neuroimmune modulation
• Stress, contextual change, and disease
• Psychosocial stress: neuroendocrine and immune effects
• Infection, allergy, and psychosocial stress
• Cancer, autoimmunity, and psychosocial stress
• Immune activity and psychopathology
• Immune function enhancement
• Integration and implications.