A comparison of febrile responses induced by LPS from E. coli and S. abortus in unrestrained rats placed in a thermal gradient

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Bodurka, M ^a   Caputa, M ^b   Bodurka, J ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

behavioural thermoregulation; fever; locomotor activity; rats; thermal preference

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; SALMONELLA ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEVER; HEAT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALMONELLA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030954917     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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