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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Psychoneuroimmunology"”.
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Psychoneuroimmunology of Interleukin-10
Appropriate interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune systems are important for optimal host defense and homeostasis. Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, arising from disease processes, can activate the …
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Psychoneuroimmunology and Chronic Pain
… experience of chronic pain through the lens of Psychoneuroimmunology. Incorporating both physiologic and psychological aspects of the disease, this study describes an association between chronic pain, central inflammation, gender, socioeconomic status, opioid medications and poor sleep quality. …
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A psychosocial treatment intervention for recurrent genital herpes: an investigation of psychoneuroimmunology
Thirty-one (11 males and 26 females) individuals with recurrent genital herpes were recruited from two cities, 15 (five males and 10 females) from Blacksburg, Virginia and 16 (six males and 10 females) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to participate in a four Assessment Period (Before treatment, …
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An Investigation into the Role of Subliminal Inputs in Placebo Response
According to the network theory of psychoneuroimmunology, (Hyland, 2011a), the placebo response is a short-term, problem solving response to a variety of inputs processed via the ‘infornet’. However, within the current infornet model of placebo response, these inputs are categorized as either …
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Symptoms as symbols
… from the Holographic paradigm and findings from Psychoneuroimmunology. Data was collected from a convenience sample of seven volunteers, adult emergency room patients. A semi-structured interview schedule and a demographic questionnaire, developed by the investigator, were used for data …
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Multiple Psychosocial Factors as Predictors in the Progression of HIV-1 to AIDS
… and World Health Organization (WHO) 2002). Psychoneuroimmunology is a discipline that increases our understanding of the relationships between psychosocial factors, the central nervous system, the immune system, and disease. From this perspective, this study reviews the biopsychosocial …
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Psychosocial Predictors of Survival in Persons with HIV or AIDS
… course in disease progression. The field of Psychoneuroimmunology proposes a mechanism by which psychosocial variables could impact immune function and may serve to exacerbate or be protective of disease.</p> <p>The present study assessed the psychosocial variables (depression, stress and …
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Relationality and health: developing a transversal neurotheological account of the pathways linking social connection, immune function, and health outcomes
… scientific data from cognitive neuroscience and psychoneuroimmunology. The opening half of the work establishes the wider epistemological and methodological frameworks within which the project is set, and also the specific framework for the particular area of study. The first of these involves a …
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Positive Emotions and Immune Respose to Influenza in Medically Stable Older Adults
… suffering and health care costs. Evidence from psychoneuroimmunology suggests that emotions influence the immune system and may alter susceptibility to infectious diseases, like influenza. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the influence of psychological factors, health behaviors, …
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Constructing validated clinical tools to enable the development of a new evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in obesity management
… the functional medicine approach, clinical psychoneuroimmunology (cPNI), the interdisciplinary approach of systems science, pathophysiological mechanistic reasoning and translational bioinformatics. The project focused on personalised nutrition practice, which is primarily centred on …
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Psychosocial Distress Mediates Immune Dysregulation Through Alterations in Global Epigenetic Patterns and Chromatin Remodeling Proteins
… This mechanistic insight advances the field of psychoneuroimmunology by identifying both an epigenetic modification (H4-K8-Ac) and a chromatin remodeling protein (HDAC2) as indicators of GC mediated immune dysregulation in NK cells of women experiencing psychosocial distress.</p>
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Clinical Exercise, Stress, and Hiv Infection: Identifying the Associations and Testing theEffects
<p>PLWHA are inflicted with a variety of psychological and physiological symptoms associated with the virus itself, related medications, or a combination of both. Due to the nature of these symptoms being experienced concurrently the general well-being and overall quality of life in this population …
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Functional neuroimaging studies of peripheral inflammation-related depression
Depression is recognized as a leading cause of disability worldwide although it lacks one of the typical characteristics of a disorder, disease or disability in the traditional sense, i.e., biological markers. Depression is difficult to characterize in that it is highly heterogeneous …
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Psychosocial Stress and Addison's Disease
Die Psychoneuroimmunologie beschäftigt sich unter anderem mit der Frage, ob und unter welchen Bedingungen psychosozialer Stress krank macht. Humanstudien, die dieser Frage nachgehen, können dabei meist nur korrelative Zusammenhänge aufdecken. Um trotzdem Aussagen zu Mechanismen, …
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Stressors and Hypertension in Women: Negative Emotion and It's Effect on Blood Pressure
… in women. Second, in using a cardiac psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) framework, it was to demonstrate the correlation between negative emotions, like those of shame or guilt, and an elevated blood pressure.</p> <p><strong>Question</strong></p> <p>Will the written expression of the negative …
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Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Antiretroviral Side Effects in HIV Patients
Background & Purpose: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS has led to significant improvements in survival and a reduction in AIDS-related morbidity. Adherence to regimens is vital, yet clinical observations and research have suggested that side effects are a significant reason for …
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Relationship of Anger Trait and Anger Expression to C-Reactive Protein in Post-Menopausal Women
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women, accounting for one in six deaths in 2004. One third of women over the age of forty will develop coronary heart disease in their lifetime. The role of chronic and excessive inflammation and risk factors, such as smoking and high …
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Behavioral change in response to low-grade non-infectious stimuli: findings and potential neuroimmune mechanisms
Individuals afflicted with a pathogenic infection exhibit symptoms including lethargy, malaise, listlessness, loss of interest in social and environmental surroundings, and anorexia. Together, these symptoms comprise what is recognized as “sickness behavior.” Sickness behavior represents a …
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Effects of Psychological Stress on Glucocorticoid Sensitivity of Inflammatory Response to Influenza Vaccine Challenge in Healthy Military College Students
Background: Influenza and other infectious diseases are critical barriers to the health and readiness of military units worldwide with reported rates of annual influenza infection as high as 45%. Vaccination to prevent infections stimulates a transient, inflammatory response, counterbalanced by the …