Adaptation to cold in three hours

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
It has been shown in previous studies that rats kept continuously at 6[degree]C become adapted only after 3-4 wk. exposure. Increased survival and protection against frostbite at extreme temperatures are given as evidence of this adaptation. Using the same criteria it has been shown that adaptation can be obtained in a much shorter time. Indeed 15 exposures of 10-min. duration at -20[degree]C over a period of 2 days were sufficient to develop adaptation as estimated by the tests mentioned above. In this short term adaptation increased sensitivity to noradrenaline was not detected. By reference to previous recent studies in humans and to the present investigation it is concluded that adaptation to cold can be achieved in much shorter time than has been previously suspected.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: