Glucocorticoids mediate stress-induced priming of microglial pro-inflammatory responses

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-345

  Frank, Matthew G ^a   Thompson, Brittany M ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Glucocorticoid; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Priming; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CD163 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; I KAPPA B KINASE ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MIFEPRISTONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855985525     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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