The anti-inflammatory effects of blueberries in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Ebenezer, Philip J ^a   Wilson, C Brad ^a   Wilson, Leslie D ^a   Nair, Anand R ^a   Francis, J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEROTONIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VACCINIUM;

ANIMALS; BLUEBERRY PLANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84992389418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160923     Document Type: Article

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