Acute immobilization stress triggers skin mast cell degranulation via corticotropin releasing hormone, neurotensin, and substance P: A link to neurogenic skin disorders

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-239

  Singh, Leena K ^a   Pang, Xinzhu ^a   Alexacos, Nicholas ^a   Letourneau, Richard ^a   Theoharides, Theoharis C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Degranulation; Mast cells; Neurotensin; Psoriasis; Psychoneuroimmunology; Skin; Stress; Substance P; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

2 [[1 (7 CHLORO 4 QUINOLINYL) 5 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) 3 PYRAZOLYL]CARBONYLAMINO] 2 ADAMANTANECARBOXYLIC ACID; ANTISERUM; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTENSIN; PENTOBARBITAL; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MENTAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0032856498     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0541     Document Type: Article

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