Simulation of thermoregulation in serotonin-depleted rats subjected to acceleration fields

✍ Scribed by Conrad B Monson; John M Horowitz

• Book ID: 103052881
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1981
• Weight: 598 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-468X
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-468x(81)90079-9

✦ Synopsis

A computer simulation of thermoregulation in mammals during and following exposure to hypergravitational fields is developed. This simulation includes the effects of a neurotransmitter, serotonin, and the initial transients of the system when the animal is first placed in a hypergravitational field. Experimental data on the response of rats to serotonin depletion helps place the site at which serotonin acts in the model.