Heat Vasodilatation of the Rat Tail
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Vol. 53 (2) , 202-206
- https://doi.org/10.1139/y75-029
Abstract
The vasomotor response of the tail of the albino rat to total-body heating and cooling was studied by skin-temperature recording and plethysmography with the tail at 25 °C air temperature. Tail vasodilatation started at core temperatures slightly above 37 °C and increased to a core temperature up to about 39 °C. During cooling of warm rats, tail vasoconstriction started at significantly higher levels of core temperature than the values at which vasodilatation appeared when the rat was warmed.Keywords
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