Rosalind J. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., and Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D.
Dr. Wright is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Dr. Cohen is Robert E. Doherty Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
Drs. Wright and Cohen report no commercial conflicts of interest.
This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from 
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Release Date: 05/05/2005
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Define atopy and describe the effects of stress on neuroimmunoregulation and the consequent modulation of the hypersensitivity response
Describe local pulmonary interactions between the immune system and autonomic nervous system in the response to stress
Describe relationships between psychological stress and oxidative stress
Describe the potential role of stress and glucocorticoid resistance in asthma
Describe genetic modification of the risks of psychological stress and asthmatic expression
Discuss treatment strategies for modifying the relationship between stress and the immune response.
