Neuroendocrine modulation of chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: A critical role for the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 243-251

  Dowdell, Kennichi C ^a   Gienapp, Ingrid E ^a   Stuckman, Scott ^a   Wardrop, Richard M ^a   Whitacre, Caroline C ^a  

^a 2078 Graves Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic antagonist; Corticosterone; EAE; Glucocorticoid hormones; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NADOLOL; NORADRENALIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPINEPHRINE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MICE; MIFEPRISTONE; NADOLOL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033386199     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(99)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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