Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology: the biological basis of mind-body physiology and pathophysiology.
Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology: the biological basis of mind-body physiology and pathophysiology.
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心理神经免疫内分泌学:身心生理学和病理生理学的生物学基础。
DOI:
10.1002/da.22110
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Nemeroff,CharlesB
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作者:
Nemeroff,CharlesB
This neologism I created for the title of this essay, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, encompasses the major disciplines that we now know serve as the major communication systems in mammalian organisms—the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems. Together with input from psychological processes, these complex networks communicate with each other monitoring and regulating a variety of internal physiological functions, as well as vigilantly guarding against internal and external threats. Although now considered virtually elementary by even beginning medical and graduate students, the notion that crosstalk between these systems occurs on a regular basis and contributes to disease vulnerability was not largely accepted by leaders in our field even as recently as a few decades ago. The manuscripts that comprise this special issue of Depression and Anxiety, based on two symposia (The Interface Between Anxiety and Medical Disorders, and Integrating Mind–Body Connections) that were presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), represent examples of some of the cutting-edge research in this now burgeoning area. As requested by the Editor-in-Chief, I have attempted to combine the content of these reports with some of my own small contributions to this discipline to highlight the important role this field plays in the development of what is now called “personalized medicine.” I will briefly focus on three of my research areas: the effects of depression on both risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its untoward effects on disease outcome, the effects of depression on cancer progression, and finally the effects of child abuse and neglect on risk for medical and psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Each of these research programs is emblematic of the interaction of behavioral factors with the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Space constraints preclude a comprehensive discussion of these complex multidisciplinary research areas and references are provided for the more interested readers. None of this work of mine could have possibly been launched without three major factors—the