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Sex modulates whole‐body sudomotor thermosensitivity during exercise
Author(s) -
Gag Daniel,
Kenny Glen P.
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.219220
Subject(s) - sweat , sudomotor , thermoregulation , physiology , eccrine sweat , endocrinology , medicine , lower body
Non‐technical summary The human body controls its temperature through coordinated physiological processes. Prior to the current study, it remained unknown if differences between males and females existed in these processes. The results from the current study show that females have a lower whole‐body sweat response during exercise in the heat compared to males, which results in a greater increase in body temperature. The physiological process responsible for the lower whole‐body sweat rate was a lower thermosensitivity of the response, meaning a lower increase in sweat production for a given increase in body temperature. Knowledge of sex‐related differences in the physiology of temperature regulation may lead to better improvements in heat exposure guidelines for industrial, military and athletic settings.