Central corticotropin-releasing factor suppresses natural killer cytotoxicity

Brain Behavior and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 81-87

  Irwin, Michael R ^a,b   Vale, Wylie ^c   Britton, Karen T ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (9 41); CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (9-41); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023296525     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0889-1591(87)90009-2     Document Type: Article

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