title: An instrument using a multiple layer Peltier device to change skin temperature rapidly.
abstract: A thermal stimulator that uses multiple layer Peltier devices produces rapid heating or cooling of the skin of experimental animals. Rate of change of temperature can be controlled from 1 degree C/sec to 5 degrees/sec (cooling) or to 10 degrees/sec (heating). Rapid thermal transients are not accompanied by thermal overshoot. Maintenance of and return to a preset temperature are within +/- 0.05 degrees.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D008722:Methods; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013997:Time Factors