Sensitivity of Hypothalamic Sites to Salicylate and Prostaglandin

Authors

Linda K. Vaughn, Marquette UniversityFollow
W. L. Veale, University of CalgaryFollow
K. E. Cooper, University of CalgaryFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

6 p.

Publication Date

1-1979

Publisher

NRC Research Press

Source Publication

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Source ISSN

0008-4212

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1139/y79-018

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the dose of salicylate necessary to produce substantial antipyresis, and to determine the relationship between the response to salicylate and prostaglandin infused into the same region of the preoptic area of the rabbit. The effect of preoptic infusions of three doses of sodium salicylate, or a control solution, on the fever produced by an intravenous injection of endogenous pyrogen was measured. The pyrogenic response to prostaglandin E₁ injected into the same preoptic sites in the same rabbits was also monitored. The results showed that the 50 μg/μL per hour dose of salicylate did not produce significant antipyresis but that the 100 and 200 μg/μL per hour doses did. The results also showed a significant correlation between the magnitude of fever produced by prostaglandin E₁ and the magnitude of antipyresis produced by sodium salicylate at a particular site. Those sites at which infusion of salicylate produced the most effective antipyresis were also the ones at which prostaglandin E₁ produced the largest fevers.

Comments

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vol. 57, No. 1 (January 1979): 118-123. DOI.

Linda K. Vaughn was affiliated with University of Calgary at the time of publication.

Recommended Citation

Vaughn, Linda K.; Veale, W. L.; and Cooper, K. E., "Sensitivity of Hypothalamic Sites to Salicylate and Prostaglandin" (1979). Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 61.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/biomedsci_fac/61