Abstract
Microelectrophoretic application of bombesin (BS) and neurotensin (NT) to thermosensitive and non-thermosensitive neurons in the preoptic and anterior hypothalamus (PO/AH) of anesthetized rats depressed the activity of 78 (54.2 %) of 144 neurons and that of 66 (51.6 %) of 128 neurons, respectively. The depressing effects of both peptides which were uniformly observed across warm-sensitive and cold-sensitive neurons in the PO/AH are consistent with their poikilothermic actions.
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Hori, T., Yamasaki, M., Kiyohara, T. et al. Responses of preoptic thermosensitive neurons to poikilothermia-inducing peptides — bombesin and neurotensin. Pflugers Arch. 407, 558–560 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657516
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