Polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid complex induces fever reaction in the rabbit

Conditioning the elevation of body temperature, a host defensive reflex response

We hypothesize that a number of host defense responses such as natural killer (NK) cell activity, cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) activity, antibody production, and elevated body temperature (TR) might be conditionable. We have designated such specifically learned response to be a defensive reflex response. Here we describe a simple single trial association paradigm for conditioning the TR response in BALB/c mice. Animals are conditioned on day 0 by exposing them to the odor of camphor for 1 hr, followed by injection of the pyrogen poly I:C 20 microgram ip. Control groups are injected with either poly I:C or saline and not exposed to the camphor odor. Reexposure of all groups to the conditioned stimulus (CS) on day 2 or 3 cause elevation of body temperature in the conditioned group mice but not in the nonconditioned or saline control groups. Since we have conditioned the natural killer cell response with the same paradigm, these results suggest that multiple defensive responses might be conditionable simultaneously and they might have important survival value for the species.

Changes in body temperature after administration of amino acids, peptides, dopamine, neuroleptics and related agents: II

This survey begins a second series of compilations of data regarding changes in body temperature induced by drugs and related agents. The information listed includes the species used, the route of administration and dose of drug, the environmental temperature at which experiments were performed, the number of tests, the direction and magnitude of change in body temperature and remarks on the presence of special conditions, such as age or brain lesions. Also indicated is the influence of other drugs, such as antagonists, on the response to the primary agent. Most of the papers were published since 1978, but data from many earlier papers are also tabulated.