"Won't you be my neighbor?": Deciphering the mechanisms of neuroprotection induced by social interaction

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3329-3330

  Venna, Venugopal R ^a,b   McCullough, Louise D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Inflammation; Neuroprotective agents; Stroke care; Stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84856227309     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.632570     Document Type: Editorial

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