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Location-specific activation of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus by localized inflammation.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Oct 2010
Belevych Natalya, Buchanan Krystal, Chen Qun, Bailey Michael, Quan Ning
Abstract excerpt
The existence of an immunological homunculus has been proposed, but evidence for location-specific response of the central nervous system to immunological stimulation is lacking. In this study, we show that inflammation induced by injection of casein into one of the causes c-fos expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) in an asymmetrical manner: much stronger activation is always...
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