Prenatal stress depresses immune function in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Kay, G ^a   Tarcic, N ^a   Poltyrev, T ^a   Weinstock, M ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Lymphocyte proliferation; Natural killer cells; Phytohemagglutinin; Pokeweed mitogen; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0032007586     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00456-3     Document Type: Article

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