Divergent responses of inflammatory mediators within the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to acute psychological stress

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-91

  Vecchiarelli, Haley A ^a,b   Gandhi, Chaitanya P ^a,b   Gray, J Megan ^a,b   Morena, Maria ^a,b   Hassan, Kowther I ^a,b   Hill, Matthew N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cytokine; Interleukin; Medial prefrontal cortex; Psychological stress; TNF

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; AUTACOID;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EXERCISE; METABOLISM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939825180     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.07.026     Document Type: Article

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