Behavioural, metabolic, and endothelial effects of the TNF-α suppressor thalidomide on rats subjected to chronic mild stress and fed an atherogenic diet

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 375-385

  Ismail, Basma ^a,b   Aboul Fotouh, Sawsan ^a,c   Mansour, Amal A ^c   Shehata, Hanan H ^c   Salman, Manal I ^c   Ibrahim, Eman A ^c   Hassan, Olfat A ^a   Abdel tawab, Ahmed M ^a,c  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Depression; Insulin resistance; Thalidomide; TNF ; Vascular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; INSULIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FORCED SWIM TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR RING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMIPRAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84899705456     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2013-0446     Document Type: Article

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