Mice receiving infrared irradiation have a higher survival rate under forced swimming in cold

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-728

  Tsai, Jui Feng ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BEFORE AND AFTER; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD CONDITIONS; CONTROL GROUPS; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; INFRA-RED IRRADIATION; IR IRRADIATION; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PAIN RELIEF; RELATIVE RISKS; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; WHOLE-BODY; WOUND HEALING;

RADIATION;

IRRADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERTHERMIA; INFRARED RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; IMMERSION; INFRARED RAYS; MICE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 70449135466     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2365     Document Type: Article

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