| Thermoregulatory responses to acute heat loads in the FOK rat. | |
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PMID: 10639903 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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FOK is an inbred rat strain with a genotypic adaptation to hot environments. The present study investigated the mechanism of the high heat tolerance of the FOK rat. Male FOK and WKAH rats were used. They were loosely restrained and placed individually in a direct calorimeter with an ambient temperature of 24 degrees C. Their hypothalamic temperature, evaporative and non-evaporative heat loss and heat production were measured. After thermal equilibrium had been attained, the rats were warmed for 30 min with a chronically implanted intraperitoneal electric heater (internal heating). At least 90 min after the heating, the jacket water temperature surrounding the calorimeter chamber was gradually raised from 24 degrees C to 36 degrees C in 80 min (external warming). During the internal heating, changes in the thermoregulatory parameters did not differ between the groups. During the external warming, the evaporative heat loss of the FOK rat was significantly greater than that of the WKAH rat, while changes in nonevaporative heat loss and heat production did not differ between the groups. The results suggest that in the FOK rat, the improved heat tolerance is attributable to an enhanced evaporative heat loss response, but not to a facilitation of nonevaporative heat loss or of metabolic depression. |
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Authors:
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N Sugimoto; O Shido; F Furuyama; S Sakurada; H Nishino |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of biometeorology Volume: 43 ISSN: 0020-7128 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Biometeorol Publication Date: 1999 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-02-14 Completed Date: 2000-02-14 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374716 Medline TA: Int J Biometeorol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 119-23 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. ns@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp |
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Acclimatization
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genetics,
physiology Animals Body Temperature Regulation / genetics, physiology* Hot Temperature Male Rats Rats, Inbred Strains Rats, Wistar Salivation / genetics, physiology |
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