Setup | Measures of deep body temperature (Tb) and thermoeffector activities studied | Neutral ambient temperature (Ta, °C)a | |
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Tb | Thermoeffector activities | ||
Telemetry | Abdominal (Tab) | Gross locomotor activity (measured as frequency of probe movement) | 31.0 |
Thermocouple | Colonic (Tc) | Tail skin vasomotion (measured as tail skin temperature, Tsk, by thermocouple thermometry or as radiant Tsk by infrared thermography) | 32.0b |
Respirometry | Tc | Thermogenesis (measured as rate of oxygen consumption, VO2), tail skin vasomotion (Tsk) | 33.0c |
Thermogradient | Tab | Selection of preferred Ta, locomotor activity (measured as velocity of longitudinal locomotion) | 27.0d |
↵aFor each setup, the table lists one Ta that has been shown to be within the TNZ for Trpv1+/+ CB57BL/6 mice in that setup.
↵bFor the lower and upper limits of the TNZ for Trpv1−/− and Trpv1+/+ CB57BL/6x129 mice in the thermocouple setup, see Results.
↵cNote that Ta in the respirometry setup was measured inside the environmental chamber but outside the metabolic chamber.
↵dFor the values of preferred Ta for Trpv1−/− and Trpv1+/+ CB57BL/6x129 mice in the thermogradient setup, see Results.