A 3-D mathematical model to identify organ-specific risks in rats during thermal stress

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1822-1837

  Rakesh, Vineet ^a   Stallings, Jonathan D ^b   Helwig, Bryan G ^c   Leon, Lisa R ^c   Jackson, David A ^b   Reifman, Jaques ^a  

^a U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^b United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Core temperature; Finite element method; Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE TEMPERATURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTIORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84891278493     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00589.2013     Document Type: Article

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