Prolonged Depression-Like Behavior Caused by Immune Challenge: Influence of Mouse Strain and Social Environment

Evelin Painsipp; Martin J. Köfer; Frank Sinner; Peter Holzer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020719

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Prolonged Depression-Like Behavior Caused by Immune Challenge: Influence of Mouse Strain and Social Environment

Evelin Painsipp,

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Martin J. Köfer,

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Frank Sinner,

Affiliation Health-Institute for Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria
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Peter Holzer

* E-mail: peter.holzer@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Prolonged Depression-Like Behavior Caused by Immune Challenge: Influence of Mouse Strain and Social Environment

Evelin Painsipp,
Martin J. Köfer,
Frank Sinner,
Peter Holzer

Published: June 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020719

About the Authors

Evelin Painsipp

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Martin J. Köfer

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Frank Sinner

Affiliation Health-Institute for Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria

Peter Holzer

* E-mail: peter.holzer@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Research Unit of Translational Neurogastroenterology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP MJK PH. Performed the experiments: EP MJK. Analyzed the data: EP MJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP FS PH. Wrote the paper: EP MJK FS PH.

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