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Stress and Exercise: Getting the Balance Right for Aging Immunity

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Phillips AC, Burns VE & Lord JM (2007) Stress and Exercise: Getting the Balance Right for Aging Immunity. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 35 (1), pp. 35-39. https://doi.org/10.1097/jes.0b013e31802d7008

Abstract
Age-related immunological and endocrinological changes may have implications for resilience to stress in older adults. We hypothesize that the combination of adrenopause and immunosenescence may leave this population particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of stress on immunity. We propose that exercise may be an effective intervention to limit the impact of stress on immunity in chronically stressed older populations.

Keywords
aging; cortisol; DHEA; immune

Journal
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews: Volume 35, Issue 1

StatusPublished
FundersUniversity of Birmingham
Publication date31/01/2007
Date accepted by journal05/10/2006
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/32831
ISSN0091-6331
eISSN1538-3008

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Professor Anna Whittaker

Professor Anna Whittaker

Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Sport