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Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body's Federal Bureau of Investigation

Explore the immune system's defense mechanisms, including innate and acquired immunity, antibodies and B cells, T cells, and acquired immune defense strategies. Delve into the communication between the immune and nervous systems, the role of stress, sickness behavior, and the impact of psychological factors on immune function.

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Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body's Federal Bureau of Investigation

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  1. Clinical Neuroscienceby Kelly Lambert and Craig Howard Kinsley Chapter 13 Psychoneuroimmunology

  2. Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation • The Body’s Most-Wanted Invaders • Innate Immunity: The Immune System’s Front-Line Defense

  3. Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (cont.) • Acquired Immunity: Cells That Plan for the Future • Antibodies and B cells • T cells • Contrasting acquired immune defense strategies

  4. Fundamentals of Immune System Function: The Body’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (cont.) • Major Histocompatibility Complex and Information Dissemination • When Good Cells Turn Bad

  5. Integrative Operations: Immunological and Nervous System Communication • Conditioning the Immune System: A Serendipitous Discovery • Additional Pieces of the Neuroimmune Puzzle

  6. Integrative Operations: Immunological and Nervous System Communication (cont.) • Stress: Mediator Between the Immune and Neural Agencies • Sickness Behavior and Its Role in Maintaining Health • Fever • Loss of appetite • Role of cytokines

  7. Putting the “Psych” in Psychoneuroimmunology • Psychological Factors Leading to Compromised Immune Function • Psychological Factors Leading to Enhanced Immune Function

  8. Summary

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