Mood and memory deficits in a model of gulf war illness are linked with reduced neurogenesis, partial neuron loss, and mild inflammation in the hippocampus

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2348-2362

  Parihar, Vipan K ^a,b   Hattiangady, Bharathi ^a,b,c,d   Shuai, Bing ^a,b,c,d   Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b,c,d  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adult neurogenesis; anxiety; depression; learning and memory; mood; neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS INFLAMMATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MICROGLIA; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRESS; WAR;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CELL DEATH; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEET; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PERMETHRIN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84888354773     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.158     Document Type: Article

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