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Behavioral state-dependent thermal feedback influencing the hypothalamic thermostat
P L Parmeggiani1, A Azzaroni, M Calasso
1Department of Human and General Physiology, University of Bologna, P.za Porta San Donato 2, 40127, Bologna, Italy. plparm@biocfarm.unibo.it
Archives Italiennes De Biologie
|December 16, 2000
Abstract:
The experimental evidence on the behavioral state-dependent compartmentalization of temperature in the central nervous system of three homeothermic species has been reviewed to address the question of how selective brain cooling influences hypothalamic temperature regulation.