Thermosensors or thermostats: new arguments
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Dear Editor-in-Chief: This is my reply to the letters written in response to my recent article. Dr. Flouris appears to support my article. However, I refute some of the comments made by Flouris. Flouris: “Comparator” model to explain the natural phenomena is questionable under conditions where conflicting command are received from different areas of the body, or when autonomic and behavioral thermoregulatory responses are pitted against each other.
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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015