 Cortical, thalamic, and hypothalamic responses to cooling and warming the skin in awake humans: A positron-emission tomography study by Gary F. Egan and others

By Gary F. Egan, John Johnson, Michael Farrell, Robin McAllen, Frank Zamarripa, Michael J. McKinley, Derek Denton, Peter T. Fox.

Publisher: National Academy of Sciences.

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Online text: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC555992/

Cited passages: Introduction, paragraphs beginning The reflex regulation and In humans, the contribution from skin temperature: thermoregulatory effectors and feedforward skin input; Methods, Experimental Protocol; Results, Body Temperature and Hemodynamic Responses; Table 1, SC1 and H1; Methods, Temperature-Control Procedures, Experimental Protocol and Imaging Procedures; Results, exclusion of C3; Table 1; Methods, Temperature-Control Procedures: garment, uncovered forearm, blood-flow probe, ventilated capsule and thermocouples.