Role of the medial preoptic area in thermal preference of rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-450

  Ray, B ^a   Mallick, H ^a   Kumar, V M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Medial preoptic area; Neurotoxic lesion; NMDA; Rectal temperature; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034749124     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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