Sex differences in the effects of adolescent stress on adult brain inflammatory markers in rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-94

  Pyter, Leah M ^a   Kelly, Sean D ^b,c   Harrell, Constance S ^b,c   Neigh, Gretchen N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cytokines; Depression; Estradiol; INOS; Microglia; NF B; Progesterone; Testosterone; Variable stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MARKER GENE; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876841887     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.01.075     Document Type: Article

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