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Effect of a conditioned aversive stimulus on the immune response in three strains of rats.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 1995
Shurin M R, Kusnecov A W, Riechman S E, Rabin B S
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we investigated the effect of a brief exposure (15 s) to a conditioned aversive stimulus (CS) on the proliferative response of spleen and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in Lewis, Fischer 344 and Sprague-Dawley rats. Plasma levels of ACTH and corticosterone were also measured. For conditioning, rats were exposed to 10 presentations of a 5 s duration foot-shock (1.6 mA) preceded by a 15 s...
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