Tympanic temperature is not suited to indicate selective brain cooling in humans: A re-evaluation of the thermophysiological basics

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Simon, Eckhart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Exercise; Human brain; Ockham's razor; Selective brain cooling; Tympanic temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORY; THERMOREGULATION; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; VENOUS BLOOD; VENOUS RETURN;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLD; DEHYDRATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXERCISE; FEVER; HEAD; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 34548228849     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0449-0     Document Type: Article

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