Ventromedial preoptic prostaglandin E2 activates fever-producing autonomic pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6246-6254

  Scammell, Thomas E ^a,b   Elmquist, Joel K ^a   Griffin, John D ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic system; body temperature; fever; Fos; hypothalamus; preoptic area; prostaglandin E2; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0029788283     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-06246.1996     Document Type: Article

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