Stress, psychoneuroimmunology

Malarkey, W.B. et al., Influence of academic stress and season on 24-hour mean concentrations of ACTH, cortisol, and 6-endorphin, Psychoneuroimmunology, 20, 499, 1995. 

Sheridan, J.F. et al., Psychoneuroimmunology Stress effects on pathogenesis and immunity during infection, Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 7, 200, 1994. 

Ever since the 1970s more evidence has been found in psychoneuroimmunology to confirm the opinion that the highly complex immune system interacts with an equally complex nervous system in a bidirectional manner (Fleshner and Laudenslager 2004). Today, it is a proven fact that stress is associated with altered immune function (Cooper 1996, Maier et al. 1998). 

Glaser, R. Stress-associated immune dysregulation and its importance for human health a personal history of psychoneuroimmunology. Brain Behav. Immun. 19, 3, 2005. 

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