Immune System

Hymie Anisman; Alexander W. Kusnecov

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Immune System

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This chapter presents a brief overview of the functioning of the immune system, followed by a description of how immune alterations can affect central nervous system (CNS) processes and behavior in the rat. It also describes how factors that have an impact on psychological processes, most notably stressors, may come to affect immune functioning. In so doing, it introduces numerous caveats concerning the conditions and limitations that determine the nature of the effects observed, making it clear that disentangling the impact of various manipulations on immune activity is complex.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Behavior of the Laboratory Rat
Subtitle of host publication	A Handbook with Tests
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199863891
ISBN (Print)	9780195162851
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162851.003.0023
State	Published - May 1 2009

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Neuroscience(all)

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Central nervous system
Immunity
Immunological alterations
Laboratory rats

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