Stress exacerbates endometriosis manifestations and inflammatory parameters in an animal model

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 851-862

  Cuevas, Marielly ^a   Flores, Idhaliz ^a   Thompson, Kenira J ^a   Ramos Ortolaza, Dinah L ^b   Torres Reveron, Annelyn ^b   Appleyard, Caroline B ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corticotropin releasing factor; endometriosis; inflammation; mast cells; rat; stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; COLITIS; COLON INJURY; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; COLON; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; UTERUS;

EID: 84864377202     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112438443     Document Type: Article

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