Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology / Jorge H. Daruna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daruna, Jorge Hilarion.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoneuroimmunology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychoneuroimmunology investigates the relationships between behavior, psychosocial factors, the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, and disease. Each system affects the others, enhancing and/or inhibiting processes elsewhere in the body. Research in this field has grown tremendously in recent years as science better understands the checks and balances of these interdisciplinary systems and processes. Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology provides the first introductory text for this complex field.Beginning with a discussion of immune system basics, Introduction to Psycho

Contents:

Historical antecedents

Immune system basics

Endocrine-immune modulation

Neuro-immune 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-92743-7

9786610927432

0-08-053504-6

OCLC:

173644022