Suppression of endotoxin-induced fever in near-term pregnant rats is mediated by brain nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Begg, Denovan P ^a   Kent, Stephen ^a   McKinley, Michael J ^b   Mathai, Michael L ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Lipopolysaccharide; NG monomethyl L arginine citrate; Nitric oxide synthase; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEVER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34447560050     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00032.2007     Document Type: Article

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