Behavioral thermoregulation by reptile embryos promotes hatching success and synchronization [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 Reptile embryos can move inside eggs to seek optimal thermal conditions, falsifying the traditional assumption that embryos are simply passive occupants within their eggs.
Shuo Liu +3 more
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Functional relationship between peripheral thermosensation and behavioral thermoregulation [PDF]
Frontiers in Neural CircuitsThermoregulation is a fundamental mechanism for maintaining homeostasis in living organisms because temperature affects essentially all biochemical and physiological processes. Effector responses to internal and external temperature cues are critical for
Takuto Suito +4 more
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Linking behavioral thermoregulation, boldness, and individual state in male Carpetan rock lizards [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Mechanisms affecting consistent interindividual behavioral variation (i.e., animal personality) are of wide scientific interest. In poikilotherms, ambient temperature is one of the most important environmental factors with a direct link to a variety of ...
Gergely Horváth +5 more
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Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms of Thermoregulation in Mammals [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This review analyzes the main anatomical structures and neural pathways that allow the generation of autonomous and behavioral mechanisms that regulate body heat in mammals.
Daniel Mota-Rojas +8 more
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Rhodnius prolixus impairs Trypanosoma cruzi growth through cold-seeking behavioral thermoregulation. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesChagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major neglected tropical disease affecting 6-7 million people worldwide. Rhodnius prolixus, one of the most important vectors of Chagas disease in Latin America, is known to be highly ...
Henri Loshouarn, Alessandra A Guarneri
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Behavioral thermoregulation by turtle embryos. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2011 Mobile ectothermic animals can control their body temperatures by selecting specific thermal conditions in the environment, but embryos—trapped within an immobile egg and lacking locomotor structures—have been assumed to lack that ability. Falsifying that assumption, our experimental studies show that even early stage turtle embryos move within the egg
Du WG, Zhao B, Chen Y, Shine R.
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Vertebrate behavioral thermoregulation: knowledge and future directions. [PDF]
NeurophotonicsThermoregulation is critical for survival across species. In animals, the nervous system detects external and internal temperatures, integrates this information with internal states, and ultimately forms a decision on appropriate thermoregulatory actions.
Cutler B, Haesemeyer M.
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Current understanding on the neurophysiology of behavioral thermoregulation. [PDF]
Temperature (Austin), 2015 Temperature influence on the physiology and biochemistry of living organisms has long been recognized, which propels research in the field of thermoregulation. With the cloning and characterization of the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels as the principal temperature sensors of the mammalian somatosensory neurons, the understanding, at a ...
Almeida MC, Vizin RC, Carrettiero DC.
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Behavioral thermoregulation in Locusta migratoria manilensis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in response to the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Insects such as locusts and grasshoppers can reduce the effectiveness of pathogens and parasites by adopting different defense strategies. We investigated the behavioral thermopreference of Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen) (Orthoptera: Acrididae ...
Rouguiatou Sangbaramou +5 more
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Modeling behavioral thermoregulation in a climate change sentinel. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2015 AbstractWhen possible, many species will shift in elevation or latitude in response to rising temperatures. However, before such shifts occur, individuals will first tolerate environmental change and then modify their behavior to maintain heat balance.
Moyer-Horner L +4 more
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