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The role of a central temperature receptor in shivering in man
Author(s) -
Johnson R. H.,
Spalding J. M. K.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp007944
Subject(s) - shivering , chemistry , neuroscience , anesthesia , medicine , biology
1. Five subjects with spinal cord transections and one subject unconscious from a head injury have been studied when the deep tissue temperature (‘central’ temperature) was artificially lowered but normally innervated skin was kept warm, usually 34‐36° C. 2. Shivering and/or increased metabolism was evoked when the central temperature was 34·9‐37° C. 3. These observations are compatible with the view that there is a central receptor which can cause shivering when stimulated by a fall in central temperature.