Effects of acute and repeated administration of Staphylococcal enterotoxin A on Morris water maze learning, corticosterone and hippocampal IL-1β and TNFα

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 938-946

  Woodruff, Randall T ^a   Schorpp, Kristen M ^a   Lawrenczyk, Agniesczka J ^a   Chakraborty, Trisha ^a   Kusnecov, Alexander W ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Cytokines; Hippocampus; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 2; Learning; Morris water maze; Staphylococcal enterotoxin A; T cells; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENTEROTOXINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79957927169     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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