Reward linked to increased natural killer cell activity in rats

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Wenner, Marcus ^a   Kawamura, Noriyuki ^a,b   Ishikawa, Toshio ^b   Matsuda, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electrical stimulation; Lateral hypothalamus; Natural killer cells; Rat; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; RELAXATION TRAINING; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; SPLEEN CELL; STRESS;

EID: 1642603816     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026414     Document Type: Article

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