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Immunity and depression: Insomnia, Retardation, and reduction of natural killer cell activity

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: Depressed patients show a reduction of natural killer (NK) cell activity which may be associated with specific depressive symptoms. The present study demonstrated that sleep disturbance and retardation, but not other depressive symptoms, were negatively correlated with NK activity in 38 depressed patients. Specific behavioral changes in depression such as sleep disturbance and retardation were found to predict 16% of the variance of cytotoxicity levels in depression.

Source: Journal of Behavioral Medicine

DOI: 10.1007/bf01858106

Authors: Heidi Cover, Michael Irwin

Institutions: University of California San Diego, VA San Diego Healthcare System

Language: English

Topic: Stress Responses and Cortisol

Subfield: Behavioral Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,790