Brain cooling: An economy mode of temperature regulation in artiodactyls

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Jessen, Claus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0032286188     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.6.281     Document Type: Article

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