Effect of Central Thermal Stimulation on the Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Pigeon

Overview

Journal Pflugers Arch

Specialty Physiology

Date 1976 Jun 22

PMID 986613

Citations 3

Authors

I Schmidt

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Abstract

Pigeons, trained to work for cooling reinforcement under an ambient heat load, were centrally thermostinulated. Warming the spinal cord and/or the rostral brain stem led to an increase in response rate, while cooling produced a reduction in response rate.

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