Family matters: Maternal and litter-size effects on immune parameters in young laboratory rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1371-1378

  Prager, Geraldine ^a,b   Stefanski, Volker ^c   Hudson, Robyn ^d   Rödel, Heiko G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Complement system activity; Early life conditions; IgG; Immune cells; Maternal effects; Offspring; Siblings

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77957225540     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.07.240     Document Type: Article

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