Effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on central monoamines and fever in the rat: Involvement of the vagus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-162

  Mohankumar, Sheba M J ^a   Mohankumar, P S ^a   Quadri, S K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; HPLC; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal; Hypothalamus; Lipopolysaccharide; Monoamines; Vagus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEVER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; FEVER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034725137     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01025-9     Document Type: Article

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