Differential effects of stress on microglial cell activation in male and female medial prefrontal cortex

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 88-97

  Bollinger, Justin L ^a   Bergeon Burns, Christine M ^a   Wellman, Cara L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Microglia; Microglial morphology; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; CD40 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ACUTE RESTRAINT STRESS; ADRENAL WEIGHT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CD40 GENE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC RESTRAINT STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CX3CL1 GENE; CX3CR1 GENE; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IL6 GENE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MHCII GENE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953355970     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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