Accession Number:

AD0419730

Title:

NERVOUS CONTROL OF SHIVERING -- A REVIEW,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LAB FORT WAINWRIGHT ALASKA

Personal Author(s):

• Stuart,D. G.

Report Date:

1962-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

This report reviews the literature of the past 90 years concerned with the region of the brain from which originate nerve impulses that evoke shivering. Included are studies involving transection and ablation, electrolytic lesions, electrical stimulation and electrical recording. Author

Descriptors:

• *SHIVERING
• CONTROL
• NERVOUS SYSTEM
• BRAIN
• ABLATION
• STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• TEMPERATURE CONTROL
• REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• SURGERY
• BEHAVIOR
• PHYSIOLOGY

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE