Thermoregulation : physiology and biochemistry
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Thermoregulation : physiology and biochemistry
(International encyclopedia of pharmacology and therapeutics, section 131)
Pergamon Press, c1990
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents a general survey of the biology, physiology, and biochemistry of thermoregulation in homeotherms ("warm blooded" animals and man).
Table of Contents
Temperature regulation and drugs: an introduction, E. Schonbaum & P. Lomax. Regulation of body heat: the evolution of concepts and associated research, J. Cassel & W. G. Bruce Casselman. The measurement of temperature for thermoregulatory studies, R. W. Silverman & P. Lomax. Chronobiology and thermoregulation, A. Reinberg & M. Smolenksy. Pavlovian conditioning of drug-induced changes in body temperature, C. L. Cunningham, J. C. Crabbe & H. Rigter. Thermoafferent networks and their adaptive modifications, K. Bruck & P. Hinckel. Thermal afferents in the control of body temperature, C. Jessen. Functional mechanisms of temperature regulation, adaptation and fever: complementary system theoretical and experimental evidence, J. Werner. Body temperature regulation in vertebrates: Comparative aspects and neuronal elements, L. I. Crawshaw et al. Responses of the microcirculation to hot and cold environments, J. Grayson. Shivering, D. Kleinebeckel & F. W. Klussman. Adaptive changes in thermoregulation and their neuropharmacological basis, K. Bruck & E. Zeisberger. Diet-induced thermogenesis, N. J. Rothwell et al. Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis: role in thermoregulation, energy regulation and obesity, J. Himms-Hagen. Pharmacological aspects of mammalian hibernation, C. P. Lyman. Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis during exposure to cold, M. J. Fregly. Index.
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