... how the immune system responds to chemical, physical, and psychophysiological challenges after undergoing a stress-reducing psychological intervention. Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses, including the systematic review and meta-analysis of Miller and Cohen [ 22 ] in the previous century...

... Placebo Endocrine system Allergy Immune system Learning about associations between external and internal stimuli is of high adaptive value for the survival of any animal [ 1 ]. One mechanism by which these associations are learned is Pavlovian or classical conditioning. Classical conditioning...

.... Immune system Alexithymia Depression Height and body weight were measured in light clothing without shoes, and the body mass index (BMI; body weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) was calculated [ 13 ]. The laboratory measurements were carried out in the accredited Kuopio...

...Carmine M. Pariante; Bernardo Carpiniello; Germana Orrù; Rossella Sitzia; Alessandra Piras; Giulia Farci; Sergio Del Giacco; Giovanna Piludu; Andrew H. Miller Background: To examine the impact of chronic psychological stress on the immune system, a series of cellular and humoral immunological...

... Psychotherapy, experiential-existential Randomized trial Immune system Natural killer cells Endocrine system Cardiovascular reaction Acute psychological stress Speech task Emotional expression Psychological distress A decade ago, Spiegel et al. [ 1 ]proposed that psychosocial intervention might...