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Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology, Second Edition

By Jorge H. Daruna

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
ISBN
0123820499, 9780123820495
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16812601 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
336\323
Topic
Medicine
Time added
2013-03-24 11:27:02
Медицинские дисциплины;Физиология человека;Нейрофи

Description

Health is maintained by the coordinated operation of all the biological systems that make up the individual. The Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology 2e presents an overview of what has been discovered by scientists regarding how bodily systems respond to environmental challenges and intercommunicate to sustain health. The book touches on the main findings from the current literature without being overly technical and complex. The result is a comprehensive overview of psychoneuroimmunology, which avoids oversimplification, but does not overwhelm the reader. Single authored for consistency of breadth and depth, with no redundancy of coverage between chapters Covers endocrine-immune modulation, neuro-immune modulation, and the enhancing or inhibiting processes of one or more systems on the others Expanded use of figures, tables, and text boxes Online test bank for professors

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