Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7280712 | Brain, Behavior, and Immunity | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Using CAI in humans as a model confirms cortisol's central involvement in post-stress lymphocyte migration from blood into immune-relevant body compartments. As such, future studies should investigate whether psychosocial stress exposure may put CAI patients at an increased health risk due to attenuated immune responses to pathogens.
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Authors
Ashley M. Geiger, Kenneth P. Pitts, Joachim Feldkamp, Clemens Kirschbaum, Jutta M. Wolf,