Neonatal respiratory infection and adult re-infection: Effect on glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in the hippocampus in BALB/c mice

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1214-1222

  Wynne, O ^a,b   Horvat, J C ^a   Kim, R Y ^a   Ong, L K ^a   Smith, R ^b   Hansbro, P M ^a   Clifton, V L ^b,c   Hodgson, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Infection; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Perinatal stress; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REINFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RECURRENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79960220801     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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