Occupation or Discipline
psychoneuroimmunology Audio
psy·cho·neu·ro·im·mu·nol·o·gy
Subclass of:
Psychophysiology
Definitions related to psychoneuroimmunology:
  • Study of the social and psychological (including behavioral, emotional, cognitive) variables effect on immune responses and disease, and the reciprocal effects of immune activation on brain functioning and behavior; closely related to NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION, e.g., effects of bereavement on health.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The field concerned with the interrelationship between the brain, behavior and the immune system. Neuropsychologic, neuroanatomic and psychosocial studies have demonstrated their role in accentuating or diminishing immune/allergic responses.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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