The effects of prostaglandin E2 on the firing rate activity of thermosensitive and temperature insensitive neurons in the ventromedial preoptic area of the rat hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 964, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-50

  Ranels, Heather J ^a   Griffin, John D ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous pyrogen; Fever; Hypothalamus; Prostaglandin E2; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEVER; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DINOPROSTONE; FEVER; INFECTION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037458273     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04063-5     Document Type: Article

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