Behavioral thermoregulation in mice subjected to high pressure

1989 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 238-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Macdonald ◽  
N. R. Marshall ◽  
R. G. Pertwee
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Behavioral Thermoregulation ◽  
Neuronal Function ◽  
Similar Reduction ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Cool Environment ◽  
Steady Level ◽  
Deep Body ◽  
Increased Pressure

Mice exposed to normoxic He and Ne at increased pressure and allowed to choose between a neutral and a cool environment showed a preference for the cooler environment. This behavior was apparent at 5.7 but not at 2.5 atm He. At 11.3 atm He and Ne, the behavior was associated with a similar reduction in the deep body temperature to a new steady level. The reduction in body temperature increased with pressure, up to 35 atm He, the maximum studied. Since the heat transfer of the He and Ne gas mixtures is different and both gases exert negligible anesthetic effects, the hydrostatic pressure most likely affects behavioral thermoregulation by affecting neuronal function.

Effects of subanesthetic doses of inert gases on behavioral thermoregulation in mice

1986 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1623-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Pertwee ◽  
N. R. Marshall ◽  
A. G. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Inert Gases ◽  
Behavioral Thermoregulation ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Partial Pressures ◽  
Cool Environment ◽  
Steady Level ◽  
Marked Preference ◽  
Anesthetic Potency ◽  
Deep Body

Mice exposed to subanesthetic partial pressures of N2O (0.25 to 0.75 atm) or N2 (5.7 or 11.33 atm) and allowed to choose between a warm and a cool environment showed a marked preference for the cooler environment. This behavior was associated with the onset of hypothermia, with deep body temperature falling by up to about 3 degrees C, usually to a new, steady level. Both the length of time spent in the cooler environment and the degree of the hypothermia produced increased with the partial pressure of N2O or N2 used. The effects of N2O on behavioral thermoregulation and body temperature were reversible. There was a correlation between anesthetic potency and the ability of both gases to alter thermoregulation, suggesting that the effect of these agents on thermoregulation was caused by the same molecular interactions as those which underlie anesthesia. Since both gases elicited changes in behavioral thermoregulation promoting rather than opposing the onset of hypothermia, it is concluded that they may have acted to lower the level at which deep body temperature was being regulated.

scholarly journals Assessment of body surface temperature in cetaceans: an iterative approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 64 (3b) ◽  
pp. 719-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
Ambient Water ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Body Surface Temperature ◽  
Deep Body

Heat transfer from skin surface to ambient water is probably the most important aspect of thermal balance in marine mammals, but the respective calculations depend on knowing the surface temperature (T S), the direct measurement of which in free animals is very difficult. An indirect iterative method is proposed for T S prediction in free cetaceans from deep body temperature, swimming speed, and temperature and thermodynamic properties of the water.

Evaluation of a newly developed monitor of deep body temperature

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiaki Yamakage ◽  
Sohshi Iwasaki ◽  
Akiyoshi Namiki
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body

Circadian rhythm abnormalities of deep body temperature in depressive disorders

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazushi Daimon ◽  
Naoto Yamada ◽  
Tetsushi Tsujimoto ◽  
Saburo Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Rhythm ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body

Hypothalamic temperature and deep body temperature during copulation in the male rat

1987 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Blumberg ◽  
Julie A. Mennella ◽  
Howard Moltz
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Hypothalamic Temperature ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body

THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION, HEART RATE AND DEEP BODY TEMPERATURE DURING DIVING IN THE TUFTED DUCK AYTHYA FULIGULA

1992 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. BEVAN ◽  
P. J. BUTLER
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body Temperature ◽  
Tufted Duck ◽  
Winter Conditions ◽  
Winter Temperatures ◽  
Summer Temperatures ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Maintain Body Temperature ◽  
Deep Body

Six tufted ducks were trained to dive for food at summer temperatures (air, 26°C, water, 23°C) and at winter temperatures (air, 5.8°C, water 7.4°C). The mean resting oxygen consumption (Voo2) a t winter temperatures (rwin) was 90% higher than that at summer temperatures (Tsum), but deep body temperatures (Tb) were not significantly different. Diving behaviour and mean oxygen consumption for dives of mean duration were similar at Twin and at Tsum, although the mean oxygen consumption for surface intervals of mean duration was 50% greater at Twin and Tb was significantly lower (1°C) at the end of a series of dives in winter than it was in summer. There appears to be an energy saving of 67 J per dive during winter conditions and this may, at least partially, be the result of the metabolic heat produced by the active muscles being used to maintain body temperature. While at rest under winter conditions, this would be achieved by shivering thermogenesis. Thus, the energetic costs of foraging in tufted ducks in winter are not as great as might be expected from the almost doubling of metabolic rate in resting birds.

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