Lymphocytes
are responsible for immune
responses.
There are two
main types of
lymphocytes:
B cells and T
cells.
tem also produces peptides that
are the same as
those found in
brain that regulate mood; the
immune cells send information to
brain via immune peptides and
receive information back in the
form of neuropeptides. Immune
cells and the brain are together
in a network of communication
via neuropeptides of emotion. The
research has found that the people
who suppressed negative emotions
had decreased cell-mediated immunity, which is essential for your
body to combat intracellular microorganisms that invade your body;
decreased blood monocytes that is
essential for maintaining immunity
of your body; and elevated eosinophil, predisposing more chances to
have allergy and high blood sugar
counts, which results in increased
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stress patterns and poor natural
killer (NK) cell activity that predispose oneself to have a higher risk of
developing viral infections and high
serum Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
antibody titers, indicating higher
risk for viral infections like infectious mononucleosis -- these subjects had decreased CD3 and CD8
lymphocytes. This clearly established that mental health plays a
very vital role in determining the
health of the immune system. Even
our day-to-day stress like exams
can have an impact on our immune
system: a study was conducted at
Ohio State University that the students who appeared for final exams
had weaker immune response to