Long-term colony housing in Long Evans rats: Immunological, hormonal, and behavioral consequences

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 122-130

  Stefanski, Volker ^a   Knopf, Gunther ^a   Schulz, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood cellular immunity; Chronic social stress; Hormones; Rat colony; Subdominance; T cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HOUSING; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BODY WEIGHT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CORTICOSTERONE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035283416     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(00)00464-1     Document Type: Article

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