Guttural pouches, brain temperature and exercise in horses

Selective brain cooling (SBC) is defined as the lowering of brain temperature below arterial blood temperature. Artiodactyls employ a carotid rete, an anatomical heat exchanger, to cool arterial blood shortly before it enters the brain. The survival advantage of this anatomy traditionally is believe...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, Graham, Fuller, Andrea, Maloney, Shane K, Rump, Nicola, Mitchell, Duncan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1686210/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148434
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0469
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