Role of catecholaminergic terminals in the preoptic area in behavioural thermoregulation in rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 434-440

  Pal, Rakhi ^a   Mallick, Hruda Nanda ^a   Kumar, Velayudhan Mohan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

6 OHDA; Ambient temperature; Behavioural thermoregulation; Catecholaminergic terminals; Preoptic area; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CATECHOLAMINES; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036791803     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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