The hot brain : survival, temperature, and the human body /

"The book first traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved. It then goes on to discuss the mechanisms of our environmental independence, why a body temperature of 37[degrees]C (only five degrees from deat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gisolfi, Carl V. (Autor), Mora, Francisco (Mora Teruel) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
©2000
Colección:Bradford book.
Temas:
Body temperature > Regulation.
Brain.
Evolution.
Central nervous system.
Homeostasis.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Body temperature.
Adaptation (Biology)
Nervous system.
Anatomy.
Diseases.
Acclimatization.
Evolution (Biology)
Fever.
Genetic Phenomena
Body Temperature Changes
Biological Phenomena
Central Nervous System
Homeostasis
Physiological Phenomena
Adaptation, Physiological
Body Temperature
Signs and Symptoms
Adaptation, Biological
Nervous System
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Phenomena and Processes
Anatomy
Disease
Brain
Acclimatization
Body Temperature Regulation
Biological Evolution
Fever
Thermorégulation.
Cerveau.
Évolution.
Système nerveux central.
Homéostasie.
Adaptation (Physiologie)
Température corporelle.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Système nerveux.
Anatomie.
Maladies.
Acclimatation.
Évolution (Biologie)
Fièvre.
brains.
anatomy.
evolution.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Nervous system
Diseases
Central nervous system
Body temperature
Body temperature > Regulation
Evolution
Gehirn
Körpertemperatur
Lichaamstemperatuur.
Evolutietheorie.
Mensen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • In the beginning
  • Evolution and the control of body temperatures as a mechanism for survival
  • The mechanics of our environmental independence: building circuits and chemicals in the brain
  • More about the brain and temperature
  • What's so important about a body temperature of 37dc?
  • From Siberia to Africa: understanding the extremes
  • The burning brain
  • Fever, survival, and death
  • Temperature and the struggle for life
  • The brain is the body: a unitary perspective on thermoregulation.

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