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The Role of Septal Peptides in Thermoregulation and Fever

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Thermoreception and Temperature Regulation

Abstract

The thermoregulatory system seems to consist of several functional loops which are hierarchically organized. It is well established that the integrity of the preoptic and hypothalamic regions is essential for normal thermoregulatory functions (for reviews cf. Jessen 1985; Simon et al. 1986; Brück and Zeisberger 1987). Recent evidence suggests that structures in limbic regions such as the septal area, amygdala and hippocampus may also be involved in thermoregulatory pathways.

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Abbreviations

AH:

anterior hypothalamus

AM:

amygdala

BST:

bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

DBB:

diagonal band of Broca

FOR:

fornix

LS:

lateral septum

OVLT:

organum vasculosum laminae terminalis

PO:

preoptic area

PVN:

paraventricular nucleus

SCN:

suprachiasmatic nucleus

SON:

supraoptic nucleus

VSA:

ventral septal area

ACTH:

adrenocorticotropic hormone

AVP:

arginine vasopressin

CCK:

cholecystokinin

CRH:

corticotropin-releasing hormone

GABA:

gamma aminobutyric acid

GIP:

gastric inhibitory peptide

MSH:

melanocyte-stimulating hormone

OX:

oxytocin

TRH:

thyrotropin-releasing hormone

VIP:

vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

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Zeisberger, E. (1990). The Role of Septal Peptides in Thermoregulation and Fever. In: Bligh, J., Voigt, K., Braun, H.A., Brück, K., Heldmaier, G. (eds) Thermoreception and Temperature Regulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75076-2_26

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