Regulation of brain temperature in winter-acclimatized reindeer under heat stress

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3850-3856

  Blix, Arnoldus Schytte ^a   Walløe, Lars ^b   Folkow, Lars P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain temperature; Panting; Rangifer; Selective brain cooling; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; HOT TEMPERATURE; REINDEER; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 80055012198     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057455     Document Type: Article

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