Neuroimmunoendocrine interactions in post-traumatic stress disorder: Focus on long-term implications of childhood maltreatment

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 145-151

  Wieck, Andréa ^a   Grassi Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a,b   Hartmann Do Prado, Carine ^a   Teixeira, Antonio L ^c,d   Bauer, Moisés E ^a,b,c  

^a Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group ^*  (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Uveitis Section   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cytokines; Hypocortisolism; Inflammation; Lymphocytes; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEROID RELEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901433013     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356552     Document Type: Article

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