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
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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.
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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 ...
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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 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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Heat, Brain, and Mental Health: Biological Mechanisms Underlying Climate-Related Psychiatric Outcomes [PDF]
BiologyHeat exposure is an increasingly important climate-related determinant of mental health, yet the biological mechanisms linking heat to psychiatric outcomes remain insufficiently integrated. This narrative review synthesizes evidence from climate medicine,
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Oxytocin neurons signal state-dependent transitions from rest to thermogenesis and behavioral arousal [PDF]
eLifeCore body temperature (Tb) is defended within narrow limits through thermoregulatory behaviors like huddling, nesting, and physical activity, as well as autonomic responses like brown fat thermogenesis.
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 We collected nighttime behavioral data by observing a group of white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus), comprising 16 individuals in a limestone forest in Guangxi Chongzuo National Nature Reserve, China, from October 2016 to August 2017.
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Can newts cope with the heat? Disparate thermoregulatory strategies of two sympatric species in water. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Many ectotherms effectively reduce their exposure to low or high environmental temperatures using behavioral thermoregulation. In terrestrial ectotherms, thermoregulatory strategies range from accurate thermoregulation to thermoconformity according to ...
Monika Balogová, Lumír Gvoždík
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Seasonal Variation in the Thermoregulation Pattern of an Insular Agamid Lizard
Animals, 2023 Ectotherms, including lizards, rely on behavioral thermoregulation to maintain their body temperature within an optimal range. The benign climate of islands is expected to favor the thermoregulation efficiency of reptiles throughout their activity period.
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