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Polyphœa evoked by heating the Scrotum of the Ram

Nature volume 190, pages 172–173 (1961)Cite this article

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THERMAL or electrical stimulation of discrete regions in the brain of several species can cause specific and vigorous thermo-regulatory responses1–3. It is equally clear that in sheep and calves, the polypnœa in response to raised environmental temperatures may start before the temperature of the blood supply to the brain changes4,5. It was concluded that in these ruminants the thermal stimulus to panting can be entirely peripheral in origin. Whether the receptors concerned were concentrated in special areas of skin or were uniformly distributed over the surface of the body remained unresolved.

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WAITES, G. Polyphœa evoked by heating the Scrotum of the Ram. Nature 190, 172–173 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190172a0

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