Immunosenescence Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants /

• 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.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Geriatrics.; Animal behavior.; Biomedicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Behavioural Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4776-4

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.���.