Plaque-forming cell responses and antibody titers following injection of sheep red blood cells in nonstressed, acute, and/or chronically stressed handled and nonhandled animals

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-181

  Bhatnagar, Seema ^a,b   Shanks, Nola ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLD; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE ASSAY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ROSETTE FORMATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AROUSAL; COLD; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; RATS; ROSETTE FORMATION;

EID: 0030090033     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199603)29:2<171::AID-DEV6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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