Psychoneuroimmunology Methods and Protocols [Paperback]

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) has developed rapidly in the last four decades. As a multidisciplinary area, PNI may provide a scientific basis for mind-body relationships toward the development of personalized and systems medicine.? In Psychoneuroimmunology:Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail methods and protocols geared toward the development of integrative and individualized therapeutics in multiple dimensions from drugs to behaviors. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, the chapters include the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results in the laboratory.

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Thorough and intuitive, Psychoneuroimmunology:Methods and Protocols aids scientists in continuing to study holistic views for the translation of psychoneuroimmunology into better preventive and personalized medical practice.

As with its stable mates in the Methods in Molecular Biology series, this new book offers reproducible laboratory protocols and expert tips in the field of developing integrative and individualized therapeutics, with applications from drugs to behaviors.

Part I: Stress and Immunity: Biopsychosocial Models

1. The Role of Psychoneuroimmunology in Personalized and Systems Medicine

Qing Yan

2. Psychoneuroimmunology-The Experiential Dimension

Elling Ulvestad

3. Psychosocial Job Stress and Immunity  A Systematic Review

Akinori Nakata

4. Immune Cells Listen To What Stress is Saying: Neuroendocrine Receptors Orchestrate Immune Function

Harlan P. Jones

5. Physical Activity, Stress Reduction and Mood: Insight into Immunological Mechanisms

Mark Hamer, Romano lÃÈ