THYROID STIMULATION BY COLD
- 31 January 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 125 (2) , 244-250
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1939.125.2.244
Abstract
The elevation of B.M.R. in rats after short periods of exposure to cold is associated with a rise in body temp. The u value of Arrhenius, detd. at normal body temps. of rats, is about 21,000, and it is not affected by thyroidectomy. Living for 3 wks. or more at 0[degree] to 5[degree]C. produced an avg. elevation in metabolism of 21%. Corrected for changes in body temp. this figure becomes 16%. This is brought about largely if not entirely by the thyroid gland; nervous pathways through the sup. cervical ganglia are not essential.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The histological changes in the thyroid gland of the white rat exposed to cold1933
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- STUDIES ON THYROIDS*Endocrinology, 1927