Do fever and anapyrexia exist? Analysis of set point-based definitions

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 4 56-4, 2004, Pages

  Romanovsky, Andrej A ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance point; Body temperature; Febrile response; Hypothermia; Poikilothermy; Thermoeffectors; Thermoregulation; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NALBUPHINE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEVER; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4644318485     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00068.2004     Document Type: Article

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