Table 2

General thermoregulatory effects of acute insults in laboratory mammals including mouse, rat, and/or rabbit. Literature in table cited in Gordon 25 , 31 except where noted

Thermoeffector response
InsultHPTsSTaTc
▾ = reduction; ▴ = increase; HP = heat production; Ts = skin temperature; STa = selected ambient temperature; Tc = core temperature. Additional references; *Gordon47; †Romanovosky et al71; ‡Gordon (unpublished); §Henderson et al72. DFP = diisopropyl fluorophosphate; LPS = lipopolysaccharide.
Chemical toxicants
Ni, Cd, Se?
DFP
chlorpyrifos*??
ethanol
ozone??
Biological toxins
LPS endotoxaemia†?
bee and cobra venom??
brevetoxin‡??
Pathophysiological insults
hypoglycaemia??
hypoxia
uraemia
skin burn??
hypovolemic shock§?
vascular ligation??
hypergravity?