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Temperature regulation in humans and other mammals
- Title
- Temperature regulation in humans and other mammals / Claus Jessen
- Author
- Jessen, Claus, 1935-
- Publication
- New York : Springer, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- x, 193 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 3540412344 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00049708
- OCLC
- 501490627
- ocn501490627
- SCSB-4790230
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries