Differential effect of severe and moderate social stress on blood immune and endocrine measures and susceptibility to collagen type II arthritis in male rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-165

  Stefanski, Volker ^a,b   Hemschemeier, Susanne K ^a   Schunke, Kerstin ^b   Hahnel, Anja ^c   Wolff, Christine ^c   Straub, Rainer H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blood immune cells; Collagen type II arthritis; Onset; Severe and moderate social stress; Severity; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SOCIAL STRESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN TYPE II; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRANULOCYTES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873476108     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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