Psychoneuroimmunology
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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. PNI takes an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating psychology, neuroscience, immunology, physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, psychiatry, behavioral medicine, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology.
The main interests of PNI are the interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the relationships between mental processes and health. PNI studies, among other things, the physiological functioning of the neuroimmune system in health and disease; disorders of the neuroimmune system (autoimmune diseases; hypersensitivities; immune deficiency); and the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the neuroimmune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo.
PNI may also be referred to as psychoendoneuroimmunology (PENI).
See also
Branches of Medicine
- Biological psychiatry
- Endocrinology
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Immunology
- Neuroanatomy
- Neurobiology
- Neurochemistry
- Neurology
- Neuropharmacology
- Psychiatry
Neuroanatomy
- Locus ceruleus
- Pedunculopontine nucleus
- Raphe nucleus
- Reticular activating system
- Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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- Allostatic load
- Fight-or-flight response
- Healing environments
- Integrative medicine
- Music therapy
- Neural top down control of physiology
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psychosomatic medicine
- Stress management
