Evidence that microglia mediate the neurobiological effects of chronic psychological stress on the medial prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1442-1454

  Hinwood, M ^a,b,c   Morandini, J ^a,b,c   Day, T A ^a,b,c   Walker, F R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FosB; chronic stress; Iba 1; minocycline; working memory

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861547680     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr229     Document Type: Article

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