Hypothalamic neurons: Mechanisms of sensitivity to temperature

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 856, Issue , 1998, Pages 108-115

  Boulant, J A ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Physiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CYCLIC AMP;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEPOLARIZATION; FEVER; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA;

EID: 0031739029     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08319.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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