Bienkowski MS, Rinaman L (2008) Noradrenergic inputs to the paraventricular hypothalamus contribute to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and central Fos activation in rats after acute systemic endotoxin exposure. Neuroscience 156(4):1093-1102. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.011
Summary: Noradrenergic (NA) neurons in the central nervous system are activated during the immune response to systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The authors tested whether these neurons with axonal inputs to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) were necessary for LPS-directed Fos expression and increase of plasma corticosterone. Rats received 44-ng bilateral injections of anti-DBH-SAP (Cat. #IT-03) into the medial PVN then were challenged with i.p. LPS. Lesioned animals had attenuated Fos activation and smaller than normal increases in plasma corticosterone.
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