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Changes of immunoregulatory cells associated with psychological stress and humor
T Kamei1, H Kumano, S Masumura
1Department of Human Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
For 8 medical students influences of psychological stress or humor on T-cell subset percentages and natural killer cell activity were investigated by measuring these parameters before and after an examination and before and after watching a comedy video. Although T-cell subsets were not significantly affected by either stimulus and natural killer cell activity was not affected by the examination, the latter was significantly decreased after watching the comedy video.