Abstract
A physically active lifestyle incurs many health benefits. One recently recognized benefit of regular moderate exercise is stress reduction. The current review develops the hypothesis that physical activity may prevent stress-induced suppression of the immune system and suggests an immunophysiological mechanism (sympathetic nervous system constraint) for this effect.
MeSH terms
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Adaptation, Physiological / immunology*
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Animals
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Disease Models, Animal
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Exercise / physiology
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Hemocyanins / immunology
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Humans
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Immune Tolerance / immunology*
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Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains / immunology
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Life Style
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Motor Activity / immunology*
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Physical Conditioning, Animal / physiology
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Rats
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Stress, Physiological / immunology*
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Sympathetic Nervous System / immunology*
Substances
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Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
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Hemocyanins
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keyhole-limpet hemocyanin