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Hypergravic fields and parallel controllers for thermoregulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6629933     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To test the proposal that mammals have parallel neurocontrollers for temperature regulation, Long-Evans hooded male rats were exposed to cold while in a 3-G field. When exposed to cold, these rats consumed 35% less oxygen/min at 3 G than they did when exposed to cold at 1 G. However, rats acclimated for 6 wk to 5 degrees C consumed oxygen at the same rate during cold exposure at 3 G as at 1 G. Because cold-acclimated rats generate heat primarily by nonshivering thermogenesis while rats acclimated to room temperature rely to a greater extent on shivering, the 35% decrease in oxygen consumption of cold-exposed room-temperature rats in 3-G fields may reflect an inactivation of shivering. These oxygen consumption measurements, together with measurements of core and tail temperatures of rats in 3-G fields, are consistent with the proposal that neurocontrollers for thermoregulation are arranged in parallel and can be uncoupled by hypergravic fields.
Authors:
C B Monson; J M Horowitz; B A Horwitz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology     Volume:  55     ISSN:  0161-7567     ISO Abbreviation:  J Appl Physiol     Publication Date:  1983 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1983-12-17     Completed Date:  1983-12-17     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7801242     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  990-5     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acclimatization
Animals
Body Temperature Regulation*
Cold Temperature
Gravitation*
Male
Oxygen Consumption
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Restraint, Physical

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