Brain and abdominal temperatures at fatigue in rats exercising in the heat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 877-883

  Fuller, Andrea ^a   Carter, Roderick N ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Selective brain cooling; Sleep; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031935190     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.3.877     Document Type: Article

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