Effects of viral infection on corticosterone secretion and glucocorticoid receptor binding in immune tissues

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 455-474

  Miller, Andrew H ^a   Spencer, Robert L ^b   Pearce, Bradley D ^a   Pisell, Tracy L ^a   Tanapat, Patima ^c   Leung, Julie J ^d   Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^c   McEwen, Bruce S ^c   Biron, Christine A ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Corticosteriod binding globulin; LCMV; Neuroimmunology; Poly I:C; Virus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS INFECTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0031196551     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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