Effects of stressors and immune activating agents on peripheral and central cytokines in mouse strains that differ in stressor responsivity

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 468-482

  Gibb, Julie ^a   Hayley, Shawn ^a   Poulter, Michael O ^b   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Cytokine; Depression; LPS; Poly I:C; Psychosocial stress; Sickness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL STRESS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOASSAY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551684081     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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