Stress-induced suppression of the immune system after withdrawal from chronic cocaine

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 290-297

  Avila, Albert H ^a   Morgan, Camille A ^a   Bayer, Barbara M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; STRESS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037382056     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.045989     Document Type: Article

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