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0.05) after non-fever limit (non-FL) dose and FL dose endotoxin (ET) was intravenously injected into rabbits. The increase of PGE_2 in CSF was not limited during the occurrence of ET FL. 2. Intracerebroventricular injection (ICV) of different dose of PGE_2 into rabbits induced dose-dependent fever, but there was no more rise in body temperature when the febrile response had reached a certain height. This is termed "PGE FL". 3. The concentration of cyclic adenosine-3′, 5′-monophosphate (cAMP)in CSF paralleled the fluctuation of temperature (r=0.9906, P
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This experiment was carried out in 65 New Zealand rabbits. The resultsrevealed that the febrile response and increaed PGE_2 level in cerebrospipel fluid (CSF) were significantly reduced when the calcium-channel-blocking agent (verapamil) wasintravenously injected prior to ET. But, verapamil had no marked effect on the increasedcAMP level in csf during ET-induced fever. It was suggested that most likely this anti-pyretic action was due to the effect on biosynthesis of PGE in hypothalamus, while,cAMP might not be involved in the mechanism of this antipyretic action.