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Temperature Regulation in Humans and Other Mammals

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

06.10.2011

Verlag

Springer Berlin

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194

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23.5/15.5/1.2 cm

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324 g

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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001

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Englisch

ISBN

978-3-642-63984-5

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

06.10.2011

Verlag

Springer Berlin

Seitenzahl

194

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/15.5/1.2 cm

Gewicht

324 g

Auflage

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-642-63984-5

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Springer-Verlag KG
Sachsenplatz 4-6
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  • Produktbild: Temperature Regulation in Humans and Other Mammals
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  • 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Poikilotherms and Homeotherms.- 1.2 The Capacity of the System.- 1.3 Homeothermy in Terms of Control Theory.- 1.4 A First Approach to the Controller.- 2 The Skin as a Source of Temperature Signals.- 3 The Inner Body as a Source of Temperature Signals.- 3.1 Identifying Single Feedback Loops.- 3.2 Hypothalamus.- 3.3 Spinal Cord.- 3.4 Other Thermosensitive Sites of the Body Core.- 4 The Neuronal Basis of Temperature Reception.- 4.1 Skin Thermoreceptors.- 4.1.1 Afferent Processing of Skin Temperature Signals.- 4.2 Core Temperature Sensors Outside the Central Nervous System.- 4.3 Thermosensitive Neurons in the Central Nervous System.- 4.3.1 Neuronal Temperature Transduction.- 4.3.2 Sensitivity to Local and Remote Temperatures.- 5 Heat Production and Heat Balance of the Body.- 5.1 The Heat Balance Equation.- 5.2 Body Mass, Heat Exchange and Metabolic Rate.- 5.3 Metabolic Heat Production vs. Metabolic Rate.- 5.4 Basal Heat Production vs. Resting Heat Production.- 5.5 Shivering.- 5.6 Non-Shivering Thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue.- 5.7 Cold-Induced Non-Shivering Thermogenesis in Other Tissues.- 6 Physics of Heat Exchange with the Environment.- 6.1 Conduction.- 6.2 Convection.- 6.2.1 Natural Convection.- 6.2.2 Forced Convection.- 6.2.3 The Heat-Transferring Medium.- 6.3 Radiation.- 6.3.1 Long-Wave Infrared.- 6.3.2 Solar Radiation.- 6.4 Evaporation.- 6.4.1 Sweating.- 6.4.2 Panting.- 7 External and Internal Insulation.- 7.1 External Insulation: Fur.- 7.1.1 Fur and Solar Radiation.- 7.1.2 Fur and Exercise.- 7.2 Internal Insulation: Fat and the Principle of Core and Shell.- 7.2.1 Core Temperature vs. Mean Body Temperature.- 7.2.2 Internal Conductance.- 7.3 Total Conductance.- 8 The Temperature Field of the Body Core.- 8.1 Passive Temperature Deviations.- 8.1.1 Where to Measure a “Representative” Body Core Temperature.- 8.2 Regulated Temperature Deviations.- 8.2.1 Selective Brain Cooling.- 8.2.2 Testes Cooling.- 9 Behavioural Control of Heat Exchange with the Environment.- 9.1 Locomotion.- 9.2 Orientation and Posture.- 9.3 Wallowing and Saliva Spreading.- 9.4 Social Behaviour.- 9.5 Operant Behaviour.- 10 Autonomic Control of Dry Heat Loss from the Skin.- 10.1 Pilomotion.- 10.2 Peripheral Blood Flow.- 10.2.1 Skin Blood Flow and Skin Temperature.- 10.2.2 Anatomy of Peripheral Circulation.- 10.2.3 The Central Drive.- 10.2.4 Local Effects of Skin Temperature.- 10.2.5 Specialized Surface Regions.- 11 Autonomic Control of Evaporative Heat Loss.- 11.1 Sweating.- 11.1.1 Types of Sweat Glands and Modes of Transmission.- 11.1.2 Sweat Rate: Central Drive and Local Effects.- 11.2 Panting.- 11.3 Sweating vs. Panting.- 12 Interaction of Various Body Temperatures in Control of Thermoregulatory Responses.- 12.1 Core Temperature as a Compound Input.- 12.1.1 Selective Brain Cooling: a Special Pattern of Core Temperatures.- 12.1.2 Natural Spinal Cord Warming.- 12.2 Skin and Core Temperatures.- 12.2.1 Autonomic Effector Mechanisms.- 12.2.2 Behavioural Responses.- 12.3 The Regulated Variable.- 13 The Central Interface Between Afferent Temperature Signals and Efferent Drives.- 13.1 The Controller: Concepts and Facts.- 13.2. Neuronal Models.- 13.3 The Set-Point Problem.- 14 Short-Term Temperature Regulation in Various Environments: Inputs and Responses.- 14.1 The Medium Range.- 14.1.1 The Thermoneutral Zone.- 14.2 Short-Term Exposure to Cold.- 14.3 Short-Term Exposure to Heat.- 15 Exercise in the Heat: the Ultimate Challenge.- 15.1 Cardiovascular System.- 15.2 Body Fluid Balance.- 16 Changes of Set-Point.- 16.1 Ovarian Cycle and Circadian Rhythm, But Not Sleep.- 16.2 Fever.- 16.2.1 Pyrogens and Fever.- 17 Adaptation to Cold.- 17.1 Smaller Animals.- 17.1.1 Hibernation.- 17.1.2 Daily Torpor.- 17.1.3 Everybody Starts Small.- 17.2 Larger Animals.- 17.3 Humans.- 18 Adaptation to Heat.- 18.1 Smaller Animals.- 18.2 Larger Animals.- 18.3 Humans.- 19 Pathophysiology of Temperature Regulation.- 19.1 Hyperthermia and Heat Stroke.- 19.2 Hypothermia.- References.