Psychoneuroimmunology:Mind Impacts on Health

摘要

The Dept of Genetics of Indian Academy Degree College -Autonomous, Bengaluru organized National Webinar on 'Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI): Mind Impacts on Health' on 30/11/2020 and Dr M. Jayalakshmi, Professor of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu spoke on this subject. Dr Jayalakshmi begun her talk saying that PNI is a complex and emerging field which deals with understanding of existing connection between body and mind, i.e., between psychological process, nervous and immune systems of human body. It is full-fledged interdisciplinary area concerning study between behaviour, brain and immune system. She explained that stress causes illness and has impact on immune system. We can help our body by doing meditation/Pranayam that is important for our lungs, walking and exercise for heart, good food for intestines, good thoughts for our soul and good deeds for the world. Coordination between immune, endocrine and nervous systems in our body is very essential and immune system is the sixth sense after vision, touch, smell, hear and taste. Our immune and nervous systems communicate ('speak') through a particular language via various biological factors (specialized cells, hormones, neurotransmitters) and respond to physical stressors.