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Chronic unpredictable stress exacerbates surgery-induced sickness behavior and neuroinflammatory responses via glucocorticoids secretion in adult rats.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Wang Na, Ma Hong, Li Zhe, Gao Yalei, Cao Xuezhao, Jiang Yanhua, Zhou Yongjian, Liu Sidan
Abstract excerpt
METHODS: Sprague-Dawley adult male rats (12-14 weeks old) were exposed to 14-day CUS and then subjected to partial hepatectomy 24 h after the last stress session. The rats were pretreated with an antagonist of the glucocorticoids (GCs) receptor RU486 (30 mg/kg, i.p.) 1 h prior to stress exposure. The behavioral changes were evaluated with open field test and elevated plus-maze test. The hippocampal cytokines...
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