BookJos A. Bosch, Anna C. Phillips, Janet M. Lord, editors ; foreword by Keith W. Kelley.
Summary: This book presents the first multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of immune aging, or immunosenescence; it combines biological data and clinical observations with psychological, social, and behavioral perspectives and is thus a valuable and timely contribution to the literature in this area. Contributors, all eminent scholars in their respective fields, review thoroughly the state of the art in research that examines how psychological and behavioral factors influence the rate and extent of immune system aging.
Contents:
Introduction to Ageing of the Adaptive Immune System
The chronic stress of caregiving accelerates the natural aging of the immune system
Stress and ageing: Effects on neutrophil function
Stress, Aging, and Wound Healing
Psychoneuromicrobiology: cytomegalovirus infection as a putative link between stress, aging and immunity
Psychosocial factors and telomere length in peripheral blood
Stress-related Behavioural Responses, Immunity and Ageing in animal models
Socio-economic status and immunosenescence
Exercise and Immunosenescence
Obesity and Immunosenescence: Psychological, Behavioral, & Biochemical Pathways
Sleep and immunity in older age
The role of stress and adrenal hormones in immunosenescence.