Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1β act synergistically within the brain to induce sickness behavior and fever in rats

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 838-849

  Harden, Lois M ^a   Plessis, Irné du ^a   Poole, Stephen ^b   Laburn, Helen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Anorexia; Cachexia; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Synergy; Voluntary wheel running

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; EATING; FEVER; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 46049110547     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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