Central nitric oxide synthase inhibition restores behaviorally mediated lipopolysaccharide induced fever in near-term rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 630-634

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Fever; Nitric oxide; Pregnant; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 45149132485     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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