ABSTRACT
This book contains two personal reminiscences of historical importance to research on stress and infectious disease. It deals with perspectives on immunity, aging, and disease and the prospects for immunorestoration in the treatment of immunodeficiency arising from aging and stress.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|59 pages
Overview of the Immune System, Neuroendocrine System, and Aspects of the Environment
part II|67 pages
The Aging Lymphocyte, Stress, and Immunity
chapter 6|28 pages
Effects of Acute and Chronic Stress upon Lymphocyte Blastogenesis in Mice and Humans
“Of Mice and Men”
chapter 8|11 pages
Lymphocyte Transformation Induced by Autologous Cells XVI
Effect of Steroids on the Human AMLR
part III|60 pages
Hormones, Aging, and the Immune Response
chapter Summary: III|4 pages
The Immune System Is Not an Island unto Itself
A Summary of Hormones, Aging, and the Immune Response
part IV|75 pages
Immunomodulation, Immunorestoration, Stress, and Disease
part V|31 pages
Perspectives on Immunity, Aging, and Disease
