title: Coping in an intermittent swim stress paradigm compromises natural killer cell activity in rats.
abstract: The effects of intermittent swim stress and stressor controllability on natural killer cell activity (NKCA) was examined. Significant decreases in splenic NKCA were observed immediately post-stress, but only when the stress was controllable. Although decreased NKCA was also observed in yoked rats subjected to the same stressor, it failed to attain statistical significance. Previous results suggest these effects are not due to corticosterone. The results suggest a cost of coping on the acute, in vitro immune measure of NKCA.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia. senem.eren1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Senem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Drugan
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hazi
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flannery
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013550:Swimming / Q000523:psychology*