Cooling of rats in carbon dioxide
- 1 April 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 204 (4) , 723-726
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1963.204.4.723
Abstract
Rats cool in high carbon dioxide at room temperatures from 12 to 41 C. Confinement plays only a small role in this cooling. The mechanisms for cooling appear to be: 1) lowered metabolic rate, 2) lack of shivering, 3) hyperventilation. High carbon dioxide administration is accompanied by intense peripheral vasoconstriction which, when room temperatures are higher than body temperatures, aids cooling.Keywords
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