Activation of neurons projecting to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus by intravenous lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-331

  Elmquist, Joel K ^a,b   Saper, Clifford B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute phase response; autonomic regulation; endotoxin; fever; neuroimmune interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CHOLERA TOXIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029960678     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961021)374:3<315::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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