Psychoneuroimmunology Flashcards
Stress and Immune Function
- Biopsychosocial model
- What factors can come into play?
What is PNI? (psyconeuroimmunology)
- links between … and … were part of pre-modern thought
- – e.g. humoural medicine
- classic early study found decreased phagocyte activity in response to stress (…, 1919)
- substantial empirical evidence to demonstrate and explain links between psychological states and … function
- links between immunity (PNI) and … (PNE)
- increasing evidence of pathogenic involvement in diseases not always thought to involve infection and inflammatory processes
- links between emotions and health were part of pre-modern thought
- – e.g. humoural medicine
- classic early study found decreased phagocyte activity in response to stress (Ishigami, 1919)
- substantial empirical evidence to demonstrate and explain links between psychological states and immune function
- links between immunity (PNI) and endocrinology (PNE)
- increasing evidence of pathogenic involvement in diseases not always thought to involve infection and inflammatory processes
- links between … and health were part of pre-modern thought
- – e.g. humoural medicine
- links between emotions and health were part of pre-modern thought
- – e.g. humoural medicine
classic early study found decreased phagocyte activity in response to … (Ishigami, 1919)
classic early study found decreased phagocyte activity in response to stress (Ishigami, 1919)
substantial empirical evidence to demonstrate and explain links between psychological states and … function
substantial empirical evidence to demonstrate and explain links between psychological states and immune function
links between immunity (…) and endocrinology (PNE)
links between immunity (PNI) and endocrinology (PNE)
1919 Ishigami study found decreased … activity in response to stress
1919 Ishigami study found decreased phagocyte activity in response to stress
increasing evidence of pathogenic involvement in diseases not always thought to involve … and … processes
increasing evidence of pathogenic involvement in diseases not always thought to involve infection and inflammatory processes
Stress and immunity
- when threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by … nervous system (SNS) and …-…-… axis (HPA)
- … and HPA affect immune function
- … increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
- … suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
- brief stress produces beneficial acute immune response
- = immediate defence from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to baseline levels when stress is removed
- this is adaptive as it enables quick responses to threat … but …
- Prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts psychological and physiological functioning
- when threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Aderenal axis (HPA)
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SNS and HPA affect immune function
- SNS increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
- HPA suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
- brief stress produces beneficial acute immune response
- = immediate defence from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to baseline levels when stress is removed
- this is adaptive as it enables quick responses to threat … but …
- Prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts psychological and physiological functioning
Stress and immunity
- when threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Aderenal axis (HPA)
- SNS and HPA affect immune function
- SNS increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
- HPA suppresses some immune activity via … (anti-inflammatory)
- brief stress produces … acute immune response
- = immediate … from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to baseline levels when stress is …
- this is adaptive as it enables quick responses to threat … but …
- Prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts … and physiological functioning
- when threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Aderenal axis (HPA)
- SNS and HPA affect immune function
- SNS increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
- HPA suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
- brief stress produces beneficial acute immune response
- = immediate defence from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to baseline levels when stress is removed
- this is adaptive as it enables quick responses to threat … but …
- Prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts psychological and physiological functioning
When threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by … (SNS) and … (HPA)
when threatened, body is rapidly aroused and motivated by sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Aderenal axis (HPA)
- SNS and HPA affect … function
- SNS increases some … activity (e.g. NK cells)
- HPA suppresses some … activity via … (anti-…)
- SNS and HPA affect immune function
- SNS increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
- HPA suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
- brief stress produces … acute immune response
- = … … from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to … levels when stress is …
- brief stress produces beneficial acute immune response
- = immediate defence from injuries and broad risk of infection
- rapid return to baseline levels when stress is removed
prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts … and … functioning
prolonged stress can be harmful because it disrupts psychological and physiological functioning
General adaptation syndrome (Selye, 1956)
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- …
- resistance
- …
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
Stress - affect on SNS and Pituitary
Stress
Stress
Stress
… increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
SNS (Sympathetic nervous system) increases some immune activity (e.g. NK cells)
… suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis) suppresses some immune activity via cortisol (anti-inflammatory)
General adaptation syndrome (Selye, 1956)
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- …
- …
- exhaustion
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
General adaptation syndrome (Selye, 1956)
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- …
- …
- …
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
general adaptation syndrome (Selye, 1956)
- What is missing?
- … … … consists of 3 phases:
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
- General Adaptation Syndrome consists of 3 phases:
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
is stress good or bad for the immune system ?
yes - both (short term good, long term not so good)
why is prolonged stress harmful?
- allostatic load (McEwen & Stellar, 1993)
- allostasis = body actively copes with stress by trying to find a new balance
- if stress is prolonged, allostatic load accumulates
- allostatic load is the physiological costs of prolonged fluctuation or elevated of SNS or HPA axis responses
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased cell-mediated immunity
- inability to shut off cortisol in response to stress
why is prolonged stress harmful?
- … load (McEwen & Stellar, 1993)
- … = body actively copes with stress by trying to find a new balance
- if stress is prolonged, … load accumulates
- … load is the physiological costs of prolonged fluctuation or elevated of SNS or HPA axis responses
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased cell-mediated immunity
- inability to shut off cortisol in response to stress
- allostatic load (McEwen & Stellar, 1993)
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allostasis = body actively copes with stress by trying to find a new balance
- if stress is prolonged, allostatic load accumulates
- allostatic load is the physiological costs of prolonged fluctuation or elevated of SNS or HPA axis responses
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased cell-mediated immunity
- inability to shut off cortisol in response to stress
allostasis = body actively copes with … by trying to find a new …
allostasis = body actively copes with stress by trying to find a new balance
if stress is prolonged, … load accumulates
if stress is prolonged, allostatic load accumulates
allostatic load is the physiological costs of prolonged fluctuation or elevated of … or … axis responses
allostatic load is the physiological costs of prolonged fluctuation or elevated of SNS or HPA axis responses
measures of allostatic load include (2)
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased cell-mediated immunity
- inability to shut off cortisol in response to stress
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased …-… immunity
- inability to shut off … in response to stress
- measures of allostatic load include
- decreased cell-mediated immunity
- inability to shut off cortisol in response to stress
Physiological response to stress can protect in the … term (…) and harm in the … term (…)
Physiological response to stress can protect in the short term (acute) and harm in the long term (chronic)
What is stress?
- Stress is a … experience accompanied by … changes aimed at … the stressful event and/or … its effects :
- biochemical
- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a …
- appraisal of the stressor is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?
- Stress is a negative experience accompanied by predictable changes aimed at altering the stressful event and/or accommodating its effects :
- biochemical
- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a stressor
- appraisal of the stressor is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?
What is stress?
- Stress is a negative experience accompanied by predictable changes aimed at altering the stressful event and/or accommodating its effects :
- biochemical
- …
- …
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a stressor
- … of the stressor is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?
- Stress is a negative experience accompanied by predictable changes aimed at altering the stressful event and/or accommodating its effects :
- biochemical
- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a stressor
- appraisal of the stressor is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?
What is stress?
- Stress is a negative experience accompanied by predictable changes aimed at altering the stressful event and/or accommodating its effects :
- biochemical
- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a …
- appraisal of the … is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?
- Stress is a negative experience accompanied by predictable changes aimed at altering the stressful event and/or accommodating its effects :
- biochemical
- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
- stress is a response to a stressor
- appraisal of the stressor is important (Lazarus + Folkman, 1984)
- is stress the same in animals and humans?