Paradoxical changes of respiratory rate elicited by altering rostral brain stem temperature in the pigeon.
Intermittent panting was induced in conscious pigeons by exposure to warm ambient conditions. Cooling of the rostral brain stem elicited temporary increases of respiratory rate, the extent of which depended on precooling respiratory rate and body temperature, respectively. Hypothalamic heating elicited a temporary suppression of intermittent panting.
D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration