The dorsomedial hypothalamus: A new player in thermoregulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  DiMicco, Joseph A ^a   Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Brown fat; Fever; Raphe pallidus; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KYNURENIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEVER; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHERMIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TACHYCARDIA; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33846167116     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00498.2006     Document Type: Review

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