Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Amal Mondal Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 236 ISBN: 9783659153358
Описание
It is well recognized that chronic psychosocial stress suppresses both cellular & humoral immune responses rendering susceptible to different diseases. Dysregulated corticosterone release has been implicated as the mediators of immune suppression in psychological stress. Significant elevation of plasma dopamine in chronic psychological stress is evident & dopamine mediated functional suppression of T cells has been shown by us, therefore the significance of dopamine (DA) in regulation of the immune effector cells were explored in psychological stress. So, considering the cancer caregivers as a model of chronic psychological stress, we investigated the significance of plasma DA in the regulation of T & B cell functions. Irrespective of age & sex, the plasma DA in ...