Linomide activates the adrenocortical axis in the rat: Inhibition of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by linomide is not related to the increase of corticosterone

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a   Karussis, Dimitrios ^a   Abramsky, Oded ^a   Lehmann, Dan ^a   Arbell, Irit ^a   Ovadia, Haim ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Linomide; Neuroimmunomodulation; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ROQUINIMEX;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENALECTOMY; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THYMUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEEDBACK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROXYQUINOLINES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030693125     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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