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1Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas; Dallas, TX USA; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX USA.
Abstract:
It has long been appreciated that behavior is the most powerful and diverse thermoregulatory mechanism. In animal-based studies a behavioral assay is typically the first assessment when investigating the effect of a perturbation on thermoregulation, highlighting its importance. Oddly however, such an approach has been largely ignored in human research.
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