Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory. Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command. Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Technical documentary report TDR-62-12. 18 p.
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles
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Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory. Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command. Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Technical documentary report TDR-62-12. 18 p.
This report reviews relationships between shivering and other mechanisms of temperature regulation. Included are data relating to: {I) the concept that shivering, together with other so-called "physiological mechanisms" of combating cold, is but one aspect of biological resourcefulness in the cold; (2) a neuromotor definition of shivering; (3) the concept that shivering comes into play to increase heat production after mechanisms of heat retention are insufficient to prevent a loss of body heat in the face of a rapid drop in ·environmental temperature; { 4) shivering versus nonshivering thermogenic activity during brief and sudden drops in environmental temperature; and (5) the adequate physiological stimulus to evoke shivering.