Temperature regulation in humans and other mammals /
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| Author / Creator: | Jessen, Claus, 1935- |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2001. |
| Description: | x, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4466801 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Skin as a Source of Temperature Signals
- 3. The Inner Body as a Source of Temperature Signals
- 4. The Neuronal Basis of Temperature Reception
- 5. Heat Production and Heat Balance of the Body
- 6. Physics of Heat Exchange with the Environment
- 7. External and Internal Insulation
- 8. The Temperature Field of the Body Core
- 9. Behavioural Control of Heat Exchange with the Environment
- 10. Autonomic Control of Dry Heat Loss from the Skin
- 11. Autonomic Control of Evaporative Heat Loss
- 12. Interaction of Various Body Temperatures in Control of Thermoregulatory Responses
- 13. The Central Interface Between Afferent Temperature Signals and Efferent Drives
- 14. Short-Term Temperature Regulation In Various Environments: Inputs and Responses
- 15. Exercise in the Heat: the Ultimate Challenge
- 16. Changes of Set - Point
- 17. Adaptation of Cold
- 18. Adaptation of Heat
- 19. Pathophysiology of Temperature Regulation.
