Role of the dorsomedial hypothalamus in thermogenesis and tachycardia caused by microinjection of prostaglandin E2 into the preoptic area in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Zaretskaia, Maria V ^a   Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a   DiMicco, Joseph A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Heart rate; Muscimol; Preoptic area; Rats

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACHYCARDIA; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0037417182     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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