Thermosensitivity is reduced during fever induced by Staphylococcus aureus cells walls in rabbits

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-74

  Tøien, Øivind ^a   Mercer, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fever; Gram positive bacteria; Intravascular heat exchanger; Pyrogen; Shivering threshold; Temperature regulation; Total body cooling; Total body thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

PYROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHIVERING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; COLD; FEMALE; FEVER; POLY I-C; RABBITS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SHIVERING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029890201     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050106     Document Type: Article

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