Inhibition of peripheral TNF can block the malaise associated with CNS inflammatory diseases.

Circulating cytokine levels are elevated in many neuropathologies and may be a cause of the associated malaise and depression. Using a rat model, we demonstrate that sickness behaviors generated by microinjection of IL-1beta into the anterior hypothalamus are adopted by naive recipient animals follo...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Y, Deacon, R, Anthony, D, Campbell, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008