Social isolation disrupts innate immune responses in both male and female prairie voles and enhances agonistic behavior in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-13

  Scotti, Melissa Ann L ^a,b   Carlton, Elizabeth D ^c   Demas, Gregory E ^c   Grippo, Angela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; CH50; Corticosterone; Hemolytic complement; Microtus ochrogaster; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84923067497     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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