Body temperature regulation

Abstract

Body temperature regulation refers to processes of heating and cooling that an organism uses to control its temperature. Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. This process is one aspect of homeostasis, a dynamic state of stability between an animal’s internal environment and its external environment. The maintenance of body temperature in animals is a result of the process of metabolism, by which foodstuffs are converted into protein, carbohydrates, and fat, with the release of energy in the form of heat. Because active muscles metabolize food faster than muscles at rest, giving off more heat in the process, physical activity increases body temperature. This new book provides a great variety of research on human as well as animal body temperature regulation. The principles of thermodynamics pertinent to the exchange of heat energy between the body and its surrounding environment is reviewed. Included also are studies on the effects of diet, body weight, exercise, disease, age and drugs. (Imprint: Nova) Preface Research and Review Studies Fundamental Principles Governing Behavioral Thermoregulation;pp. 1-23 (Andreas D. Flouris, Institute of Human Performance and Rehabilitation, Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaly, Greece) Reviewing the Functional Architecture of the Human Thermoregulatory System;pp. 25-64 (Andreas D. Flouris, Stephen S. Cheung, Institute of Human Performance and Rehabilitation, Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaly, Greece, and others) Controlling Body Temperature – the Opportunities for Highly Productive Domestic Fowl;pp. 65-98 (S. Yahav, D. Shinder, M. Ruzal, M. Giloh, Y. Piestun, Department of Poultry and Aquaculture Science, ARO, The Volcani Center, Israel) Neonatal Thermoregulation;pp. 99-121 (Robin B. Knobel, Duke University, School Of Nursing, Durham, NC) The Use of Infrared Thermography for the Investigation of Thermoregulation in Humans;pp. 123-153 (Boris G. Vainer, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk State University) Clinical Thermometry;pp. 155-175 (Manuel Varela, Maria Jose Fernandez–Cotarelo, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid, Spain) Body Temperature Rise Caused by Diagnostic Imaging: Literature Review for Safer Use;pp. 177-193 (Kiyotaka Nakagawa, Koichi Yuki, Keiichiro Maniwa, Department of Anesthesiology, and Medical Engeneering Laboratory, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, and others) Energy Utilization in the Homeotherm Animal: The Effects of Environmental Temperature and Metabolic Behaviour Characteristics;pp. 195-208 (M. R. Sanz Sampelayo, I. Prieto Gómez, Instituto de Nutrición Animal, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain, and others) To Warm Up or to Pre-Cool? The Paradox of Optimal Strategies to Undertake Prior to Exercise in the Heat;pp. 209-225 (Rob Duffield, Ric Lovell, School of Human Movement Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia, and others) Free Download Available The Effect of Absolute Exercise Intensity on Core Temperature Responses of Athletes with a Spinal Cord Injury;pp. 227-241 (Michael J. Price, Department of Biomolecular and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK) The Brain Dopaminergic System and Hyperthermia: The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome;pp. 243-255 (Nicola Tambasco, Annalisa Marchio, Vincenzo Belcastro, Laura Pierguidi, Aroldo Rossi, Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Perugia, Loc. S. Andrea delle Fratte, Perugia, Italy) Body Temperature and Eating Behavior;pp. 257-266 (Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Andrea Viggiano, Domenico Tafuri, Emanuela Viggiano, Sergio Chieffi, Vincenzo De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, and Clinical Dietetic Service, Second University of Naples, Italy, and others) Dietary-Induced Thermogenesis and Perioperative Thermoregulation;pp. 267-286 (Toshiki Mizobe, Yasufumi Nakajima, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, and others) Thermoregulation in a Hornet Nest, Vespa Orientalis (;pp. 287-298 (Marian Potkin, Stanislav Volynchik, David J. Bergman, Jacob S. Ishay, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and others) Characteristics, Mediators and Modulators of the Fever Response in Birds;pp. 299-311 (D.A. Gray, M. Marais, P.R. Kamerman, S.K. Maloney, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and others) Decreased Thermoregulation with Age in Mice Exhibits Significant Genetic Variation Early in the Aging Process;pp. 313-319 (Patrick Gonzales, Brad A. Rikke, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado) Role of the Nitric Oxide Pathway in Body Temperature Regulatory Mechanisms in the Central Nervous S;pp. 321-331 (Hiromi Tsushima, Yoshihiro Hotta, Kumiko Mitsui-Saitoh, Hiroaki Ando, Tunemasa Nonogaki and Mayumi Mori, College of Pharmacy, Kinjo Gakuin University, Japan, and others) Short Communication Thermogenic Effects of Orexin A Are Modified by Neuroleptic Drug;pp. 333-345 (Marcellino Monda, Alessandro Viggiano, Giovanni Messina, Teresa Iannaccone, Eleonora Andreozzi, Emanuela Viggiano, Vincenzo De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, and Clinical Dietetic Service, Second University of Naples, Italy) Expert Commentary Thermoregulation: Role of Cerebral Cortex;pp. 347-349 (Marcellino Monda, Giovanni Messina, Andrea Viggiano, Domenico Tafuri, Alessandro Viggiano, Sergio Chieffi, Eleonora Andreozzi, Gennaro Izzo, Bruno De Luca, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, and Clinical Dietetic Service, Second University of Naples, Italy, and others) Aspects of the Case Evidence of Antipsychotics -- Associated Hypothermias;pp. 351-353 (Stefan Löffler, Mignon Löffler-Ensgraber, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum Offenbach GmbH, Germany, and others) Thermoregulation During Upper Body Exercise;pp. 355-364 (Michael J. Price, Lindsay M. Bottoms, Department of Biomolecular and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK, and others).