Attenuated fever in pregnant rats is associated with blunted syntheses of brain cyclooxygenase-2 and PGE2

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Imai Matsumura, Kyoko ^a,b   Matsumura, Kiyoshi ^b   Terao, Akira ^d   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^c  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Endothelial cell; Lipopolysaccharide; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0036889060     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00396.2002     Document Type: Article

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