Change in heat loss as a part of adaptation to repeated cold exposures in adult and aged male C57BL/6J mice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-332

  Shefer, Vladimir I ^a   Talan, Mark I ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

acclimation; aging; colonic temperature; heat conservation; heat production; mice; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0030907011     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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