Immune responses to lipopolysaccharide challenge in a tropical rodent (Funambulus pennanti): Photoperiod entrainment and sex differences

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-183

  Ahmad, Raise ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Funambulus pennanti; Immune function; Melatonin; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELATONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUIRREL; STRESS; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84856146419     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.606515     Document Type: Article

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