Abstract

This authoritative update provides the necessary background for both clinically- and activity- (sports and industry) applied aspects of thermal physiology. It ranges from the transduction of heat (or temperature) into afferent neural signals, including their organization and projection, to such matters as conscious perception of heat, the processes of short- and long-term adaptations, and fever. Special sections deal with the nature of the regulator and the integration of temperature regulation with other homeostatic functions, and with the division between behavioral and autonomic responses. Contents: Introduction. - Transduction of temperature into cellular responses. - Central processing of temperature information. - Epistemology. - Temperature and functional interactions. - Adaptive modification of temperature regulation. - Fever. - Subject index. Klappentext