Low doses of neurotensin in the preoptic area produce hyperthermia. Comparison with other brain sites and with neurotensin-induced analgesia

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 275-279

  Benmoussa, Mouna ^a   Chait, Abderrahman ^a   Loric, Gwenola ^a   De Beaurepaire, Renaud ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Hypothalamus; Intracerebral injection; Neuroleptic; Nucleus accumbens; Pain; Rat; Temperature

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTENSIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029925956     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02138-8     Document Type: Article

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