title: Effect of central thermal stimulation on the thermoregulatory behavior of the pigeon.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*