Prenatal alcohol exposure alters the course and severity of adjuvant-induced arthritis in female rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-450

  Zhang, Xingqi ^a,d   Lan, Ni ^a   Bach, Paxton ^a   Nordstokke, David ^c   Yu, Wayne ^a   Ellis, Linda ^a   Meadows, Gary G ^b   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant induced arthritis; Fetal programming; HPA axis; Neuroimmune function; Prenatal alcohol (ethanol) exposure; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84857192095     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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