{"title":"Norepinephrine: a messenger from the brain to the immune system","authors":"Adam P Kohm , Virginia M Sanders","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01747-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A common dogma has been that norepinephrine (NE) suppresses lymphocyte function. However, recent studies have challenged this dogma, showing that NE also enhances immune cell readiness during infection and immune challenge.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 11","pages":"Pages 539-542"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01747-3","citationCount":"177","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Immunology today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167569900017473","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 177
Abstract
A common dogma has been that norepinephrine (NE) suppresses lymphocyte function. However, recent studies have challenged this dogma, showing that NE also enhances immune cell readiness during infection and immune challenge.