Involvement of central neurotensin in thermoregulatory and neuroimmune function in pregnant rats exposed to heat

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-152

  Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Seto, Toshio ^b   Nagase, Hirofumi ^a   Yoshida, Masami ^a   Hatta, Kotaro ^c   Matsuzaki, Ichiyo ^d   Ogino, Keiki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NEUROTENSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031171081     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1997.0487     Document Type: Article

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