Social stress alters the severity of acute Theiler's virus infection

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 74-85

  Johnson, R R ^a   Storts, R ^b   Welsh Jr , T H ^b,c   Welsh, C J R ^b   Meagher, M W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS inflammation; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid resistance; Multiple sclerosis; Neurotropic virus; Social disruption stress; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 1242317645     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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