Temperature and neuronal circuit function: Compensation, tuning and tolerance

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 724-734

  Robertson, R Meldrum ^a   Money, Tomas GA ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTHERMIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865991029     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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