Immune status influences fear and anxiety responses in mice after acute stress exposure

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-201

  Clark, Sarah M ^a,c   Sand, Joseph ^a   Francis, T Chase ^a   Nagaraju, Anitha ^a   Michael, Kerry C ^a   Keegan, Achsah D ^a,c   Kusnecov, Alexander ^b   Gould, Todd D ^a,c   Tonelli, Leonardo H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Anxiety; BDNF; Fear; Lymphocytes; Open field test; Stress; Western blots

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RAG2 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONDITIONING; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPLESSNESS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; PREDATOR STRESS; RAG2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REFLEX, STARTLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898543914     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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