Neonatal lipopolysaccharide treatment alters hippocampal neuroinflammation, microglia morphology and anxiety-like behavior in rats selectively bred for an infantile trait

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-146

  Claypoole, Lauren D ^a   Zimmerberg, Betty ^a   Williamson, Lauren L ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Development; Microglia; Neonatal inflammation

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CYTOKINE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELEVATED ZERO MAZE TEST; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84994083515     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.08.017     Document Type: Article

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