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Thermal Balance in Health and Disease

Recent Basic Research and Clinical Progress

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Eugen Zeisberger

    1. Physiologisches Institut, Klinikum der Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen, Germany

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  2. Eduard Schönbaum

    1. Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
      Venhorst, N.BR., The Netherlands

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  3. Peter Lomax

    1. Department of Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (73 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Kurt Brück-His Life and Contribution to Thermal Physiology

    1. Kurt Brück-His Life and Contribution to Thermal Physiology

      • E. Zeisberger
      Pages 1-7

  3. W.S. Feldberg — His Contribution to the Pharmacology of Thermoregulation

    1. W.S. Feldberg — his Contribution to the Pharmacology of Thermoregulation

      • A. S. Milton
      Pages 9-15

  4. Thermosensitivity and Neuronal Connectivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms of Thermosensitivity in Hypothalamic Neurons

      • J. A. Boulant
      Pages 19-29

    3. Possible Implications of the Plasticity of Temperature-Sensitive Neurons in the Hypothalamus

      • Fr.-K. Pierau, J. Schenda, M. Konrad, H. Sann
      Pages 31-36

    4. Temperature-Sensitive Coupling in Hypothalamic and Spinal Neurones of the Rat In Vitro

      • H. Sann, M. Konrad, U. Pehl, H. A. Schmid, Fr.-K. Pierau, E. Simon
      Pages 37-43

    5. Lamina-Specific Effects of Nitric Oxide on Temperature Sensitive Neurons in Rat Spinal Cord Slices

      • U. Pehl, H. A. Schmid, E. Simon
      Pages 45-51

    6. Excitatory Amino-Acid Effects on Rat Hypothalamic Neurones which Respond to Changes in Scrotal Skin Temperature

      • D. C. M. Taylor, R. J. Gayton, N. P. Cross, H. E. Miley, M. J. Parton
      Pages 53-57

    7. Hibernation-Related Changes in the Effects of Neuromodulators: An In Vitro Study on Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Slices

      • P. Igelmund, H. Spangenberger, F. Gh. Nikmanesh
      Pages 59-66

    8. Effects of Cold Adaptation on the Modulatory Action of TRH Upon Temperature Sensitive and Insensitive Hypothalamic Neurons of Rats

      • B. Tzschentke, J. Schenda, Fr.-K. Pierau
      Pages 67-72

    9. Thermoregulatory Changes After Neurochemical Lesions of Catecholaminergic and Serotonergic Neurons in the Lower Brain Stem of the Guinea Pig

      • J. Jöckel, E. Zeisberger
      Pages 73-78

    10. Functional Neuroanatomical Considerations on Afferent and Efferent Projections of the Nucleus Raphe Magnus

      • D. M. Hermann, P. Hinckel, P. H. Luppi, M. Jouvet
      Pages 79-84

  5. Heat Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Role of Adrenergic Stimulation in Regulation of Heat Production and Recruitment of Brown Adipose Tissue

      • B. Cannon, T. Bengtsson, A. Dicker, A. Jacobsson, P. Kuusela, H. Thonberg et al.
      Pages 87-102

    3. Pharmacology and Regulation of the Ion Channels of the Brown Adipocyte Plasma Membrane

      • A. Koivisto, T. Ringer, U. Ruß, J. Nedergaard, D. Siemen
      Pages 103-108

    4. Sympathetic Outflow to Brown Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Heat Production in Adult, Aged, and Cold-Acclimated Adult Mice

      • M. I. Talan, S. A. Kirov
      Pages 109-114

    5. Effects of Female Sex Steroids in Thermogenic Tissues

      • M. Puerta, M. P. Nava, M. Abelenda, A. Fernández
      Pages 115-119

    6. Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor on the Lipoprotein Lipase Gene Expression in Brown Adipocytes Differentiated in Culture

      • Y. Uchida, K. Irie, F. Tsukahara, K. Ohba, T. Nomoto, T. Muraki
      Pages 121-127

    7. Ethanol and Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis in Rats Exposed to the Cold: Uncoupling Protein m-RNA

      • P. Huttunen, M. Sämpi, R. Myllylä
      Pages 129-131
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Physiologisches Institut, Klinikum der Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen, Germany

    Eugen Zeisberger

  • Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Eduard Schönbaum

  • Venhorst, N.BR., The Netherlands

    Eduard Schönbaum

  • Department of Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Peter Lomax

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