Our group has proposed that in contrast to chronic stress that can have harmful effects, the
short-term (fight-or-flight) stress response (lasting for minutes to hours) is nature's …

The range of psychosocial stress factors/processes (eg, chronic stress, distress states,
coping, social adversity) were reviewed as they relate to immune variables in cancer along …

Although the concept of stress has earned a bad reputation, it is important to recognize that
the adaptive purpose of a physiological stress response is to promote survival during fight or …

BACKGROUND: The surveillance and effector functions of the immune system are critically
dependent on the appropriate distribution of immune cells in the body. An acute or short …

Adaptation in the face of potentially stressful challenges involves activation of neural,
neuroendocrine and neuroendocrine‐immune mechanisms. This has been called …

Biological reactivity to psychological stressors comprises a complex, integrated, and highly
conserved repertoire of central neural and peripheral neuroendocrine responses designed …

▪ Abstract Naturally occurring variations in maternal care alter the expression of genes that
regulate behavioral and endocrine responses to stress, as well as hippocampal synaptic …

Stress is known to suppress immune function and increase susceptibility to infections and
cancer. Paradoxically, stress is also known to exacerbate asthma, and allergic, autoimmune …

Representing a challenge for current concepts of stress research, a number of studies have
now provided convincing evidence that the adrenal gland is hypoactive in some stress …

Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions are antigen-specific, cell-mediated immune
responses which, depending on the antigen involved, mediate beneficial (resistance to …