Simultaneous telemetric monitoring of tail-skin and core body temperature in a rat model of thermoregulatory dysfunction

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Cosmi, Scott ^a   Pawlyk, Aaron C ^a   Alfinito, Peter D ^a   Roman, Janet ^a   Zhou, Tianhui ^a   Deecher, Darlene C ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2a receptors; Adrenergic; Estrogens; Hormones; Menopause; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VOLINANSERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLONIDINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARIECTOMY; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60749090262     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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