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J Appl Physiol 68: 66-70, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 1 66-70, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Heat loss responses in rats acclimated to heat loaded intermittently

O. Shido and T. Nagasaka
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.

The present study examined the heat loss response of heat-acclimated rats to direct body heating with an intraperitoneal heater or to indirect warming by elevating the ambient temperature (Ta). The heat acclimation of the rats was attained through exposure to Ta of 33 or 36 degrees C for 5 h daily during 15 consecutive days. Control rats were kept at Ta of 24 degrees C for the same acclimation period. Heat acclimation lowered the body core temperature at Ta of 24 degrees C, and the core temperature level was lowered as acclimation temperature increased. When heat was applied by direct body heating, the threshold hypothalamic temperature (Thy) for the tail skin vasodilation was also lower in heat-acclimated rats than in the control rats. However, the amount of increase in Thy from the resting level to the threshold was the same in all three groups. When heat was applied by indirect warming, threshold Thy was slightly higher in heat-acclimated than in control rats. The amount of increase in Thy from the resting level to the threshold was significantly greater in heat-acclimated rats. In addition, Ta and the skin temperature at the onset of skin vasodilation were significantly higher in heat-acclimated rats. The results indicate that heat-acclimated rats were less sensitive to the increase in skin temperature in terms of threshold Thy. The gain constant of nonevaporative heat loss response was assessed by plotting total thermal conductance against Thy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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