A pontine-hypothalamic temperature difference correlated with cutaneous and respiratory heat loss

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Parmeggiani, P L ^a   Azzaroni, A ^a   Calasso, M ^a  

^a Piazza Porta San Donato 2 40127 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Cooling; Exchanger; Head; Heat; Pons versus hypothalamus (3 species); Selective; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CATS; EAR, EXTERNAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; PONS; RABBITS; RATS; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031731868     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(98)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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