Social stress, dominance and blood cellular immunity

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 144-152

  Stefanski, Volker ^a   Engler, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood cellular immunity; Dominance; Laboratory rats; NK cells; Social stress; T cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BODY WEIGHT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033082033     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00242-2     Document Type: Article

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