Prior binge ethanol exposure potentiates the microglial response in a model of alcohol-induced neurodegeneration

Brain Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Marshall, Simon Alex ^a   Geil, Chelsea Rhea ^b   Nixon, Kimberly ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Cytokines; Ethanol; Microglia; Microglial priming; Neurodegeneration; TNF alpha

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT;

EID: 85008612137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci6020016     Document Type: Article

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