Altered microglia morphology and higher resilience to stress-induced depression-like behavior in CX3CR1-deficient mice

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-137

  Hellwig, Sabine ^a   Brioschi, Simone ^a   Dieni, Sandra ^a   Frings, Lars ^a   Masuch, Annette ^a   Blank, Thomas ^a   Biber, Knut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CX3CL1; CX3CR1; Depression; Fractalkine; Microglia; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VENLAFAXINE; FRACTALKINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GAPDH GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IL1 BETA GENE; IL6 GENE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TNF ALPHA GENE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOKINE CX3CL1; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947314480     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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