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Selected topics in environmental biology : based on the sessions on environmental biology held at the XXVI International Congress of Physiological Sciences, New Delhi, October 20-26, 1974 /

Selected Topics in Environmental Biology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Congress of Physiological Sciences New Delhi, India
Otros Autores: Bhatia, Balraj, Chhina, G. S., Baldev Singh
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1977.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Selected Topics in Environmental Biology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Selected Topics in Environmental Biology; SECTION I: THERMO-REGULATION; Chapter 1. Neurotransmitters in temperature regulation; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Spinal control of temperature regulation; I. DEEP BODY TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN THESPINAL CORD; II. OTHER EXTRAHYPOTHALAMIC DEEP BODY TEMPERATURE SENSORS; III. SPINAL ""CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS"" IN TEMPERATURF REGULATION; IV. EXTRAHYPOTHALAMIC BRAIN STEM CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS IN TEMPERATURE REGULATION.
  • v. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEMSUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Density of temperature sensing elements at various sites of the body core; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Localization and efficiency of a hypothalamic multithermode in conscious goats; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Hypothalamic thermosensitivity in kangaroo rats (dipodomys) during wakefulness and sleep; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Hypothalamic and brainstem control of temperature regulation; LOCAL WARMING AND COOLING OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND BRAINSTEM.
  • INTRAVENTRICULAR OR INTRAPREOPTIC MICROINJECTION OF CHEMICAL AGENTSRECORDING OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES OF THERMOSENSITIVE NEURONS OF THE BRAIN.; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. A hypothalamic neuronal model for thermoregulation; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Interaction between hypoxic and thermal stress with particular reference to thermoregulatory mechanism; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SECTION II: COLD STRESS; Chapter 9. Metabolic aspects of human adaptation to cold; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 10. Thyroid function in rats with changes in environmental conditions: cold exposure and food intake levelMATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Effect of duration of cold exposure and water temperature on post-cold exposure drinking response of rats; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. Cold resistance and metabolic responses to acute cold exposure in rats adapted to cold and those on high fat diet; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Rabbit's skin-temperature fluctuation caused by cold exposure; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS.
  • DISCUSSIONSUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 14. Role of adrenaline and noradrenaline in non-shivering thermogenesis of cold
  • acclimated rats; METHODS; RESULTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 15. Cold acclimation of rabbit ear arteries and nerves; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 16. Nervous mechanisms and trace reactions in adaptation to cold; REFERENCES; Chapter 17. Changes in neural and hormonal feed-backs to hypothalamus and blood testosterone on cold exposure; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SECTION III: HEAT STRESS.