Mental Stress in Atopic Dermatitis – Neuronal Plasticity and the Cholinergic System Are Affected in Atopic Dermatitis and in Response to Acute Experimental Mental Stress in a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Eva Milena Johanne Peters ,

  * E-mail: eva.peters@eva-peters.com

  Affiliation Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory, Joint appointment a) Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Universitätsmedizin-Charité, Berlin, and b) Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯
• Anna Michenko,

  Affiliations Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory, Joint appointment a) Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Universitätsmedizin-Charité, Berlin, and b) Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, Department of Dermatology, I. M. Sechenov Moscow Medical University, Moscow, Russia

  ⨯
• Jörg Kupfer,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Psychology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯
• Wolfgang Kummer,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯
• Silke Wiegand,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯
• Volker Niemeier,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯
• Nikolay Potekaev,

  Affiliation Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Moscow, Russia

  ⨯
• Andrey Lvov,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, I. M. Sechenov Moscow Medical University, Moscow, Russia

  ⨯
• Uwe Gieler

  Affiliations Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  ⨯