Thermogenesis, myoclonic twitching, and ultrasonic vocalization in neonatal rats during moderate and extreme cold exposure

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-314

  Blumberg, Mark S ^a,b   Stolba, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RAT; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHIVERING; SLEEP STAGES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029928443     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.2.305     Document Type: Article

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