Thermostat neurons cool off a mouse | Science News
A new study in Science pinpoints fever-busting cells in mice’s brains.
Activating a specialized group of nerve cells in the brain’s hypothalamus caused a mouse to cool down. Minutes after a treatment that turned these cells on, the mouse’s tail and paws began to heat up as blood vessels grew wider, a process called vasodilation, and warm blood traveled to the surface of the body. Heat transferred to the floor of the mouse’s cage; eventually, the mouse’s body temperature dropped all over. Read more: http://ow.ly/J4W7303An2n
Credit: Hong Wang and J. Siemens/Science 2016
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