How psychological stress via hormones and nerve fibers may exacerbate rheumatoid arthritis.
Straub
Rainer H
RH
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinoimmunology, Division of Rheumatology, Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany. rainer.straub@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Dhabhar
Firdaus S
FS
Bijlsma
Johannes W J
JW
Cutolo
Maurizio
M
D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism*; D009412:Nerve Fibers; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*
D006854:Hydrocortisone; D009638:Norepinephrine