The Thermoregulation Story

The thermoregulation story.

Although suppression of thermoregulatory mechanisms by anesthetics is generally assumed, the extent to which thermoregulation is active during general anesthesia is not known. The only thermoregulatory responses available to anesthetized, hypothermic patients are vasoconstriction and nonshivering thermogenesis. To test anesthetic effects on thermoregulation, the authors measured skin-surface te...

Editor's Note/Man, the Story-Telling Animal

Comparative Physiology of Thermoregulation, Volume III. Special Aspects of Thermoregulation

The intent of this book, if one were to judge from the title, would be a handbook in the supporting structures necessary for the accomplishment of patient care in pediatric surgery. After reviewing the material in some detail, I find that it does not fulfill this role and that it indeed fulfills no evident role that can be determined from reading it. The treatment of most individual sections is...

Molecular Biology of Thermoregulation Invited Review: Uncoupling proteins and thermoregulation

Argyropoulos, George, and Mary-Ellen Harper. Invited Review: Uncoupling proteins and thermoregulation. J Appl Physiol 92: 2187–2198, 2002; 10.1152/japplphysiol.00994.2001.—Energy balance in animals is a metabolic state that exists when total body energy expenditure equals dietary energy intake. Energy expenditure, or thermogenesis, can be subcategorized into groups of obligatory and facultative...

Molecular Biology of Thermoregulation Some historical perspectives on thermoregulation

Cooper, K. E. Some historical perspectives on thermoregulation. J Appl Physiol 92: 1717–1724, 2002; 10.1152/japplphysiol.01051.2001.—In this paper, selected historical aspects of thermoregulation and fever are presented as background to the application of molecular biology to thermoregulation. Temperature-sensing mechanisms, coordination of thermal information, thermoregulatory circuitry, effer...