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psychoneuroimmunology

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study of the interaction of behavioral, neural, and endocrine factors and the functioning of the immune system.

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  • noun The study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions.

Etymologies

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From psycho- +‎ neuroimmunology.

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  • The word psychoneuroimmunology can't even be pronounced by most doctors, much less understood that it's the most powerful tool in preventive medicine used in the treatment of illness and disease.

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

  • The word psychoneuroimmunology can't even be pronounced by most doctors, much less understood that it's the most powerful tool in preventive medicine used in the treatment of illness and disease.

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

  • Dr. David Felten, a researcher at Beaumont Hospitals, discovered the pathway between the brain and body to establish the widely accepted science called psychoneuroimmunology.

    Leigh Fortson: Cancer, a New View: What Is Positive Thinking? Leigh Fortson 2011

  • Dr. David Felten, a researcher at Beaumont Hospitals, discovered the pathway between the brain and body to establish the widely accepted science called psychoneuroimmunology.

    Leigh Fortson: Cancer, a New View: What Is Positive Thinking? Leigh Fortson 2011

  • Dr. David Felten, a researcher at Beaumont Hospitals, discovered the pathway between the brain and body to establish the widely accepted science called psychoneuroimmunology.

    Leigh Fortson: Cancer, a New View: What Is Positive Thinking? Leigh Fortson 2011

  • Both of these powerful and fascinating actions involve a relatively new field of medicine called psychoneuroimmunology PNI.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • Both of these powerful and fascinating actions involve a relatively new field of medicine called psychoneuroimmunology PNI.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • The discovery in the 1980s of the rich supply of nerves linking the brain with the immune system, which led to a new branch of medical research known as psychoneuroimmunology, clearly goes some way to explain it.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Article Summary  Existing knowledge-removal of malignant tumors still have high chance of reappearing in another part of the body  Used information related to the field of science called psychoneuroimmunology testing the prevention of cancer cells in relation to stress reduction  Study led by Professor ShamgarBen-Eliyahu from Tel Aviv University's psychology department  Found that psychological and physiological stress throughout surgery has impact which impairs immune system functioning  Effects disease progession

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  • In the early 1980s, however, Kiecolt-Glaser came across a book on the emerging field of psychoneuroimmunology, which concerns the interplay between behavior, the immune and endocrine systems and the brain and nervous system.

    Is There a Health Advantage to Being Married? | Impact Lab 2010

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