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
Termination Date: 05/05/2008
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, the participant 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.
