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Is prostaglandin E the neural mediator of the febrile response? The case against a proven obligatory role.

We have reviewed the evidence in favor of a prostaglandin mediator of the thermal responses in fever and found that PGE injected into the hypothalamus does not always cause fever, that cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of PGE are not reliable reflections of hypothalamic events, and that antipyretic...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, D., Laburn, H. P., Cooper, K. E., Hellon, R. F., Cranston, W. I., Townsend, Y.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3739373