Sympathectomy-induced immune changes are not abrogated by the glucocorticoid receptor blocker RU-486

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-200

  Kruszewska, Barbara ^a   Felten, David L ^a   Stevens, Suzanne Y ^a   Moynihan, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6 OHDA; BALB cJ; C57B1 6J; Corticosterone; Cytokines; Denervation; RU 486

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MIFEPRISTONE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENERVATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 0031742574     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0527     Document Type: Article

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