Corticosterone primes the neuroinflammatory response to DFP in mice: Potential animal model of Gulf War Illness

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 708-721

  O'Callaghan, James P ^a   Kelly, Kimberly A ^a   Locker, Alicia R ^a   Miller, Diane B ^a   Lasley, Steve M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CORT; DFP; GWI; microglia; minocycline; neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DYFLOS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; ONCOSTATIN M; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; ENCEPHALITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENCEPHALITIS; INSECT REPELLENTS; ISOFLUROPHATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MINOCYCLINE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME;

EID: 84928014515     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13088     Document Type: Article

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