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N W Kasting, W L Veale, K E Cooper.
Abstract
This review compares the physiological changes which accompany infection and fever with the effects of the peptide, arginine vasopressin (AVP). AVP may act as a neuromodulator, a releasing factor, or a hormone to induce responses which are opposite to those homeostatic changes accompanying fever. Since AVP is released into blood and brain during fever, it is hypothesized that AVP contributes to the maintenance of homeostasis in the infected organism.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 6285236 DOI： 10.1016/0149-7634(82)90057-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Biobehav Rev ISSN： 0149-7634 Impact factor: 8.989