Rat Brain Vascular Distribution of Interleukin-1 Type-1 Receptor Immunoreactivity: Relationship to Patterns of Inducible Cyclooxygenase Expression by Peripheral Inflammatory Stimuli

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-129

  Konsman, Jan Pieter ^a,c,e   Vigues, Stephan ^b,d   Mackerlova, Ludmila ^c   Bristow, Adrian ^b   Blomqvist, Anders ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Endothelial cells; Immune to brain signaling; Interleukin 1; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEVER; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINX; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1 TYPE I;

EID: 1642319121     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20052     Document Type: Article

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