Shivering thermogenesis in the pigeon: The effects of activity, diurnal factors, and feeding state

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 44-5, 1998, Pages

  Hohtola, Esa ^a,b   Henderson, Ross P ^a   Rashotte, Michael E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electromyography; Fasting; Motor activity; Pectoral muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0031765624     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1553     Document Type: Article

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