Heat loss during cold exposure in ADULT and AGED C57BL/6J mice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 597-604

  Shefer, Vladimir I ^a   Talan, Mark I ^a,b   Engel, Bernard T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cold exposure; colonic temperature; heat loss; metabolic heat production; mice; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT LOSS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030249019     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(96)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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