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J Physiol Vol 184, Issue 3 pp 733-740
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The role of a central temperature receptor in shivering in man

 R. H. Johnson and J. M. K. Spalding

1. Five subjects with spinal cord transections and one subject unconscious from a head injury have been studied when the deep tissue temperature (`central' temperature) was artificially lowered but normally innervated skin was kept warm, usually 34-36° C.

2. Shivering and/or increased metabolism was evoked when the central temperature was 34·9-37° C.

3. These observations are compatible with the view that there is a central receptor which can cause shivering when stimulated by a fall in central temperature.






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