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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 1088-1095Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3159
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- US Public Health Service [NS055367, HL095491, NS072337, NS41233]
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During illnesses caused by infectious disease or other sources of inflammation, a suite of brain-mediated responses called the sickness syndrome occurs, which includes fever, anorexia, sleepiness, hyperalgesia and elevated corticosteroid secretion. Much of the sickness syndrome is mediated by prostaglandins acting on the brain and can be prevented by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, that block prostaglandin synthesis. By examining which prostaglandins are produced at which sites and how they interact with the nervous system, researchers have identified specific neural circuits that underlie the sickness syndrome.
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