Psychoneuroimmunology: animal models of disease.

doi:10.1097/00006842-199611000-00003

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Psychoneuroimmunology: animal models of disease.

Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000

Moynihan J A, Ader R

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OBJECTIVE: Psychoneuroimmunology, which investigates the bidirectional communication between the central nervous system and the immune system, has been greatly advanced by the use of animal models. The objective of this paper is to describe animal models of disease that can or might be utilized t...

Topics

Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Autoimmune Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Disease Models, Animal
Disease Susceptibility
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Mice
Neoplasms, Experimental
Rats
Stress, Physiological

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