Influence of pregnancy on the febrile response to intracerebroventricular administration of PGE1 in rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1312-1315

  Stobie Hayes, Katherine M ^a   Fewell, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

endogenous pyrogens; exogenous pyrogen; fever; prostaglandin E1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029758153     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.3.1312     Document Type: Article

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