BB H 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Neutrophil, Chemokine, Innate Immune System
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This lecture has 3 goals: to introduce pni terminology and history, to introduce the organ and cells in the immune system, to discuss how immune function can be studied in stress-related research. Psychoneuroimmunology (pin: what is it, psychoneuroimmunology deals with interactions among the mind, behavior, the nervous system, the immune system, and the endocrine system; the impact of behavior/stress on these interactions; and the implications for health and disease. For ex, if you ate a taco for lunch and then became ill, you might avoid eating tacos in the future, even if the food you are had no relationship to your illness. 1 (have to inject insulin because they cannot produce insulin themselves) Viii: lymphatic system, works with immune system to remove disease-causing agents, network of connecting vessels and organs, collects fluid (lymph) between cells and returns it to bloodstream.
