Effect of central thermal stimulation on the thermoregulatory behavior of the pigeon.
Pigeons, trained to work for cooling reinforcement under an ambient heat load, were centrally thermostinulated. Warming the spinal cord and/or the rostral brain stem led to an increase in response rate, while cooling produced a reduction in response rate.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D010856:Columbidae; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*