Normal body temperature of rats: The setpoint controversy

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-436

  Briese, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; FEVER; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERTION; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031924952     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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