Immunosenescence Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants /

This book presents the first multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging, or immunosenescence; it combines biological data and clinical observations with psychological, social, and behavioral perspectives and is thus a valuable and timely contribution to the literature in this a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bosch, Jos A. (Editor), Phillips, Anna C. (Editor), Lord, Janet M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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505 0 # |a Introduction to Ageing of the Adaptive Immune System -- The chronic stress of caregiving accelerates the natural aging of the immune system -- Stress and ageing: Effects on neutrophil function -- Stress, Aging, and Wound Healing -- Psychoneuromicrobiology: cytomegalovirus infection as a putative link between stress, aging and immunity -- Psychosocial factors and telomere length in peripheral blood -- Stress-related Behavioural Responses, Immunity and Ageing in animal models -- Socio-economic status and immunosenescence -- Exercise and Immunosenescence -- Obesity and Immunosenescence: Psychological, Behavioral, & Biochemical Pathways -- Sleep and immunity in older age -- The role of stress and adrenal hormones in immunosenescence.���. 
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