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Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 71 pp 1–76Cite as

Temperature regulation: The spinal cord as a site of extrahypothalamic thermoregulatory functions

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Simon, E. (1974). Temperature regulation: The spinal cord as a site of extrahypothalamic thermoregulatory functions. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 71. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027660

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