Body temperature regulation

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

poikilothermy

See for

thermoregulation

Broader Terms

body temperature, homeostasis

Narrower Terms

thermogenesis

Related Terms

thermophilic organism

Scope Note

processes of heating and cooling that an organism uses to control its temperature.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The very simplest view of the mechanism of body temperature regulation is that it responds to not one, but at least two inputs that affect the state of the effectors.
• Body temperature regulation is associated with changes in sleep propensity; therefore, sleep research often necessitates concomitant assessment of core and skin surface temperatures.
• The study also revealed that the preoptic area mediated effect on body temperature regulation is not necessarily linked to simultaneous changes in sleep-wakefulness and alteration in the latter probably helps in maintaining the former within limit.
• CONCLUSION: These results show that the capsaicin-induced heat production and heat loss are controlled separately by the brainstem and by the forebrain, respectively, and suggest that the body temperature regulation is performed without an integrative center.
• Note: A number of homeothermic species may temporarily enter states in which their set-range of body temperature regulation is not definable or much lower than during their normal state of homeothermy (>heterothermy, hibernation, torpor).

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