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Explain How Cortisol Suppresses the Immune System, and Why This

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Explain how cortisol suppresses the immune system, and why this is sometimes a useful therapy.What are some negative side effects of cortisol therapy? Why do doctors prescribe cortisol in doses that taper off at the end of the therapy period? Why do doctors sometimes prefer to prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?


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Gustave Fritsch

A nineteenth-century neuroscientist known for his pioneering work on the electrical stimulation of the brain.

Roberts Bartholow

A 19th-century American physician known for his pioneering work in neurology and for an ethical controversy in medically experimenting with electrical stimulation on a human subject's exposed brain.

Axon

Root, or single fiber, of a neuron that carries messages to other neurons.

Voltage Difference

The measure of electrical potential between two points, which drives the flow of electrons or current in a circuit.

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