Stress-induced microglia activation and monocyte trafficking to the brain underlie the development of anxiety and depression

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 155-172

  Ramirez, Karol ^a   Fornaguera Trìas, Jaime ^a   Sheridan, John F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Microglia activation; Monocyte trafficking; Psychosocial stress; Social defeat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROGLIA; MONOCYTE; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPEATED SOCIAL DEFEAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MONOCYTES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85007583159     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2016_25     Document Type: Chapter

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