Effect of ambient temperature on cardiovascular parameters in rats and mice: A comparative approach

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 56-2, 2004, Pages

  Swoap, Steven J ^a   Overton, J Michael ^b   Garber, Graham ^a,c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Radiotelemetry; Standard deviation of the interbeat interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3242787965     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00731.2003     Document Type: Article

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