Application of a piezoelectric sensor for measuring shivering in a small marsupial

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 469-475

  May, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Marsupial; Measurement; Piezoelectric; Rat; Shivering; Thermogenesis; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RAT; SHIVERING; TREMOR;

ANIMALIA; DASYUROIDES BYRNEI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0141857756     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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