Cohabitation with a sick cage mate: Consequences on behavior and on Ehrlich tumor growth

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Morgulis, Maria Sílvia F A ^a   Stankevicius, Daniel ^a   Carlos Sá Rocha, Luiz ^a   Palermo Neto, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cancer; Neuroimmunomodulation; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAGE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141923513     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072969     Document Type: Article

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