Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Are Elevated in the Brain, Blood, and Adrenal Glands during the Progression of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Predator Exposure Animal Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, C Brad ^a   McLaughlin, Leslie D ^a   Nair, Anand ^a   Ebenezer, Philip J ^a   Dange, Rahul ^a   Francis, Joseph ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CRYOPYRIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL GLAND WEIGHT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THYMUS WEIGHT; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84885132242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076146     Document Type: Article

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