Direct cooling of the human brain by heat loss from the upper respiratory tract

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1609-1613

  Mariak, Zenon ^a   White, Matthew D ^b   Lewko, Janusz ^a   Lyson, T ^a   Piekarski, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain temperature; Human; Respiratory heat loss; Selective brain cooling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0032746792     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1609     Document Type: Article

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