Social stress and T cell maturation in male rats: Transient and persistent alterations in thymic function

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 951-969

  Engler, Harald ^a,b   Stefanski, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Long term; Proliferation; Recent thymic emigrants; Social stress; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; MIFEPRISTONE; CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LONG EVANS RAT; MENTAL STRESS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THYMUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0038318210     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00117-8     Document Type: Article

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