ABSTRACT
Although it has been known for some time that psychological and/or neurological factors can modulate disease processes, interest in the interaction between stress and immunity has recently become more active, Papers in this section present aspects of both the background of this area and recent experiments. In some of the recent studies discussed here, the effects of various kinds of acute and/or chronic stressors on different parameters of lymphocyte function were measured. Experiments are presented that examined the effects of electric shock, mild restraint, repeated ether anesthesia, intermittent noise, and exposure to low ambient temperatures on animals, and the effects of bereavement on humans. Differences between the sexes were also considered.
