Get a quick and to-the-point expert assessment of the latest neuroimmunomodulation research.
Renowned neuroimmunologist Rainer H. Straub provides an expert perspective on the latest research published in Neuroimmunomodulation and on a series of Pillar articles published elsewhere.
September 6, 2024
Pillar Articles: Behavioral Conditioned Immunosuppression – The Anti-Metalnikov Effect
Ader R. Letter: Behaviorially conditioned immunosuppression. Psychosom Med. 1974;36:183-184 Ader R, Cohen N. Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression. Psychosom Med. 1975;37:333-340 Robert “Bob” Ader was born in 1932 in the Bronx, New…
Szentvanyi A. The beta-adrenergic theory of the atopic abnormality in bronchial asthma. J Allergy 1968;42:203-232 Benner MH, Enta T, Lockey Jr S, Makino S, Reed CE. The immunosuppressive effect of…
Moos RH, Solomon GF. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory response patterns in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Psychosom Res. 1964;8:17-28 George Freeman Solomon was born on 25th November 1931 in Freeport,…
Rasmussen AF Jr, Marsh JT, Brill NQ. Increased susceptibility to herpes simplex in mice subjected to avoidance-learning stress or restraint. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1957;96:183-189 Aaron Frederick Rasmussen Jr….
February 7, 2024
Pillar Articles Series: The Role of Glucocorticoids in Human Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Hench PS. The analgesic effect of hepatitis and jaundice in chronic arthritis, fibrositis, and sciatic pain, Ann Internal Med. 1934:7:1278-1294. Hench PS. The ameliorating effect of pregnancy on chronic atrophic…
December 14, 2023
Pillar Articles Series: The Influence of Adrenaline and Emotional Excitement on Phagocytosis of Tubercle Bacilli
Ishigami T. The influence of psychic acts on the progress of pulmonary tuberculosis. Am. Rev. Tuberc. 1919;2:470-484. Tohru Ishigami (1857–1919) was the “discoverer of emotional effects on tuberculosis progression related…
November 7, 2023
Pillar Articles Series: Severe Stress Contracts Lymphoid Organs and Changes Leukocyte Blood Count
Selye H. Thymus and adrenals in the response of the organism to injuries and intoxications. Brit J Exper Path. 1936;17:234-248 Selye H. Studies on adaptation. Endocrinology 1937;21:169-188 Harlow CM, Selye…
Metalnikov S, Chorine V. Role des reflexes conditionnels dans l’immunite. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1926;40:893–900 Metalnikov S, Chorine V. Role des reflexes conditionnels dans la formation des anticorps. CR Soc…