c-Fos immunoreactivity in selected brain regions of rats after heat exposure and pyrogen administration
c-Fos immunoreactivity in selected brain regions of rats after heat exposure and pyrogen administration
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DOI:
10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.062
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发表时间:
2006-11-20
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2.9
通讯作者:
Laburn, Helen P.
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作者:
du Plessis, Irne;Mitchell, Duncan;Laburn, Helen P.
We determined c-Fos immunoreactivity (Fos-IR) in selected hypothalamic nuclei, the organum vasculosum of the laminae terminals (OVLT) and somatosensory cortex of rats after hyperthermia induced by exogenous heat exposure, Gram-negative or Gram-positive pyrogen administration. The magnitude of Fos-IR was similar in thermoregulatory hypothalamic nuclei of rats after heat exposure or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection, despite the different origins of the hyperthermias. Heat-induced hyperthermia was associated with increased Fos-IR in the somatosensory cortex. LPS, but not heat exposure or injection of killed Staphylococcus aureus cells activated OVLT neurons. The OVLT may thus not be a port of entry for humoral mediators of Gram-positive bacterial fevers. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.