Monday, November 22

• Non-specific immunity
• Inflammatory response
• Cells and chemicals that mediate the immune response

Recommended reading:
Sherwood 374-384

Monday, November 29:

• Autonomic nervous system
• Immunity: Specific
• Stress and susceptibility to disease
• Adrenal gland

Recommended reading:
Sherwood 204-211; 384-404; 661-672
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1950 for discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex

Health issues:
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association has a newsletter, research reports, and summaries of 56 autoimmune disorders.

Wednesday, December 1:

• Stress and the immune system

Recommended reading:
Sherwood 670-672
Exploring your brain: Stress, trauma and the brain. Transcript of a television interview with some of the researchers in this field.
Biology of stress, by Jeffrey Clothier, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.