A positive attitude enhances immune system functioning through specific neuroendocrine mechanisms
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Psychoneuroimmunology and clinical research demonstrate that psychological states and mind-body interventions significantly influence immune function via neuroendocrine pathways such as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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Effects of Mind–Body Interventions on Immune and Neuroendocrine Functions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
2025 · cited by 20
This meta-analysis demonstrates that mind-body interventions positively alter neuroendocrine and immune parameters, reducing inflammatory factors and enhancing immune-activating molecules.
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Beyond tumor biology: nursing interventions for psychological and immune health in cancer patients.
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This review highlights the psychoneuroimmunology research showing bidirectional links between psychological well-being, stress-mediated neuroendocrine pathways, and immune surveillance.
Refractory Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars: Immune Dysregulation and Neuroimmune Mechanisms Underlying Treatment Failure.
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This paper discusses how psychological states and stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation act as biologically active contributors to immune dysregulation.