Use of High Frequency Electromagnetic Waves in the Study of Thermogenesis

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A practical device for the generation of high frequency electromagnetic waves in exptl. animals was described.. It was shown that the toxic effects of the waves are essentially due to hyperthermia and can be eliminated by conducting the expts. in the cold. High frequency electromagnetic waves substituted for the missing thermogenesis in genetically obese mice. They replaced half of the requirements for heat production usually provided by increased oxidation in normal animals exposed to cold. Respiratory rate and vasoconstriction remained at the preirradiation level. By contrast, transfer from a cold to a warm environment affected respiratory rate and vasomotor state as well as metabolism. This technique thus offered a valuable tool for the "physiologic dissection" of the reaction of homeotherms to cold.

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