IFN-γ production in rabbits: Behavioral and endocrine correlates

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1331-1343

  Muscettola, Michela ^a   Massai, Lauretta ^a   Lodi, Leda ^a   Briganti, Federica ^a   Fontani, Giuliano ^a   Lupo, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dominance; Glucocorticoid receptors (GcR); Interferon (IFN ); Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs); Rabbit; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPRING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037422968     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02378-0     Document Type: Article

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