Temperature Regulation in Laboratory Rodents [Paperback]

This book should find use in government, academic or industrial laboratories whose researchers are working with rodents.With the help of extensive data tables and figures, this book explains the key facets of rodent thermal physiology, including neurological control and gender and intraspecies variations. The book should therefore find use in government, academic or industrial laboratories whose researchers are working with rodents.With the help of extensive data tables and figures, this book explains the key facets of rodent thermal physiology, including neurological control and gender and intraspecies variations. The book should therefore find use in government, academic or industrial laboratories whose researchers are working with rodents.With the use of extensive data tables and figures, this book explains the key facets of rodent thermal physiology including neurological control, metabolism, thermoregulatory effectors, core and brain temperature, circadian rhythm, development and aging temperature acclimation, gender and intraspecies variation, and there is a novel chapter on the effect of trauma, toxic chemicals and other factors.Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction to temperature regulation; 2. Neurology of temperature regulation; 3. Metabolism; 4. Thermoregulatory effector responses; 5. Body temperature; 6. Growth, reproduction, development and aging; 7. Temperature acclimation; 8. Gender and intraspecies differences; 9. Thermoregulation during chemical toxicity, physical trauma and other adverse environmental conditions; References; Index. This volume is one of the rare reference books that becomes useful the day it arrives in your lab....The more than 700 references for this volume are well selected and a valuable resource by themselves. Thermoregulation is a highly integrated and holistic area of physiology. Consequently, it is an 'orphan' branch of life sciences, and the relevant literature is scattered far and wide across tlCD