PSY 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Multiple Sclerosis, Autonomic Nervous System, Classical Conditioning
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Calm, vegeta9ve ac9vity suppressed: hypothalamic pituitary adrenocorecal axis. Defend the body against infectious agents like viruses, bacteria, parasites: autoimmune diseases. Type i diabetes: cells that secrete insulin. Natural killer cells: natural killer cells are soldiers, they kill all invaders the same way. Macrophages: macrophages are pac men, they kill by eating invaders and digesting them into harmless bits. Antigen presenting cells: antigen presenting cells are tattle tales, they take a piece of antigen (the invader) and show it to other powerful cells. The phils : the phils are suicide bombers, they die killing antigens. Helper t cells: helper t cells are special forces, different for each kind of antigen, 1015 different kinds. Helper t cells: helper t cells are special forces, different for each kind of antigen, 1015 different kinds, they build an army of clones, they engage trigger men. Cytotoxic killer t cells: cytotoxic killer t cells are hannibal lecter, they directly kill or eat their victims.
