Sex differences in behavior and pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression following stressor exposure and re-exposure

Neuroscience

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-249

  Hudson, S P ^a   Jacobson Pick, S ^a   Anisman, H ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cytokine; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; IL1B PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN-6, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CD-1 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84905218462     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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