Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body's Federal Bureau of Investigation
Explore the immune system's defense mechanisms, including innate and acquired immunity, antibodies and B cells, T cells, and acquired immune defense strategies. Delve into the communication between the immune and nervous systems, the role of stress, sickness behavior, and the impact of psychological factors on immune function.
Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body's Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Clinical Neuroscienceby Kelly Lambert and Craig Howard Kinsley Chapter 13 Psychoneuroimmunology
Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation • The Body’s Most-Wanted Invaders • Innate Immunity: The Immune System’s Front-Line Defense
Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (cont.) • Acquired Immunity: Cells That Plan for the Future • Antibodies and B cells • T cells • Contrasting acquired immune defense strategies
Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (cont.) • Major Histocompatibility Complex and Information Dissemination • When Good Cells Turn Bad
Integrative Operations: Immunological and Nervous System Communication • Conditioning the Immune System: A Serendipitous Discovery • Additional Pieces of the Neuroimmune Puzzle
Integrative Operations: Immunological and Nervous System Communication (cont.) • Stress: Mediator Between the Immune and Neural Agencies • Sickness Behavior and Its Role in Maintaining Health • Fever • Loss of appetite • Role of cytokines
Putting the “Psych” in Psychoneuroimmunology • Psychological Factors Leading to Compromised Immune Function • Psychological Factors Leading to Enhanced Immune Function