title: How psychological stress via hormones and nerve fibers may exacerbate rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuroendocrinoimmunology, Division of Rheumatology, Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany. rainer.straub@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Rainer H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.forename: Firdaus S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Dhabhar
authors.forename: Johannes W J
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bijlsma
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cutolo
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone; D009638:Norepinephrine