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Vasopressin was found to be an effective antipyretic when it was perfused through discrete regions of the brain of the sheep.
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Supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada. N.W.K. is a predoctoral student of the M.R.C.
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Kasting, N.W., Cooper, K.E. & Veale, W.L. Antipyresis following perfusion of brain sites with vasopressin. Experientia 35, 208–209 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920620
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