- Oxford Library of Psychology
- [UNTITLED]
- Short Contents
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Stress and Immunity in Pregnancy
- The Logic of Developmental Psychoneuroimmunology
- Well-Being, Aging, and Immunity
- Stress and Immune System Aging
- Physiological Correlates of Self-Conscious Emotions
- Positive Emotions and Immunity
- Emotional Expression and Disclosure
- Temperament/Animal Personality
- Personality and Human Immunity
- The Association Between Measures of Inflammation and Psychological Factors Associated with an Increased Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Hostility, Anger and Depressed Mood and Symptoms
- Marriage
- Social Support and Immunity
- Socioeconomic Status, Inflammation, and Immune Function
- Social Regulation of Gene Expression in the Immune System
- Comparative Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecoimmunology: Lessons from Simpler Model Systems
- Seasonal Rhythms in Psychoneuroimmunology
- Motivation
- Psychoneuroimmunology of Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance: The Role of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines
- Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancer: Biobehavioral Influences on Tumor Progression
- Regulation of Target System Sensitivity in Neuroinflammation: Role of GRK2 in Chronic Pain
- Stress Management, PNI, and Disease
- Methods, Variance, and Error in Psychoneuroimmunology Research: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Looking into the Future: Conclusion to the Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Abstract and Keywords
Immune-behavioral interactions are widespread throughout the animal kingdom. For example, decreased feeding after immune activation is common in animals. Work with insects suggests that changes in feeding behavior during an immune response (e.g., illness-induced anorexia) may be a behavioral method of biasing multifunctional physiological pathways toward immune function. Work on insects also suggests that stress hormones help to reconfigure the immune system in order to optimize its performance during the physiological shifts required for “flight-or-fight.” The effects of stress hormones on immune function appear maladaptive only when compared to what the animal could do under optimal conditions. Work with insects also cautions against overly simplistic interpretations of immune assay results. A comparative approach to psychoneuroimmunology will increase our understanding of the adaptive function of immune-behavioral interactions. Understanding why these connections exist is of both practical and theoretical importance.
Keywords: insect, invertebrate, stress, octopamine, illness-induced anorexia, sickness behavior, immune assay, immune system, behavior
Shelley A. Adamo, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- [UNTITLED]
- Short Contents
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Stress and Immunity in Pregnancy
- The Logic of Developmental Psychoneuroimmunology
- Well-Being, Aging, and Immunity
- Stress and Immune System Aging
- Physiological Correlates of Self-Conscious Emotions
- Positive Emotions and Immunity
- Emotional Expression and Disclosure
- Temperament/Animal Personality
- Personality and Human Immunity
- The Association Between Measures of Inflammation and Psychological Factors Associated with an Increased Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Hostility, Anger and Depressed Mood and Symptoms
- Marriage
- Social Support and Immunity
- Socioeconomic Status, Inflammation, and Immune Function
- Social Regulation of Gene Expression in the Immune System
- Comparative Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecoimmunology: Lessons from Simpler Model Systems
- Seasonal Rhythms in Psychoneuroimmunology
- Motivation
- Psychoneuroimmunology of Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance: The Role of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines
- Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancer: Biobehavioral Influences on Tumor Progression
- Regulation of Target System Sensitivity in Neuroinflammation: Role of GRK2 in Chronic Pain
- Stress Management, PNI, and Disease
- Methods, Variance, and Error in Psychoneuroimmunology Research: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Looking into the Future: Conclusion to the Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology
- Author Index
- Subject Index
