Cytokine variations and mood disorders: Influence of social stressors and social support

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Audet, Marie Claude ^a,b   McQuaid, Robyn J ^b   Merali, Zul ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^b  

^a Clinical Epidemiology Program   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; IL 6; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Social status; Social stressors; Social support; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84920589675     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00416     Document Type: Review

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