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Physiology of Thermoregulation - MB150P17
Title: Fyziologie termoregulace
Czech title: Fyziologie termoregulace
Guaranteed by: Department of Physiology (31-152)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Daniela Horníková, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Daniela Horníková, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: PUTA (21.03.2006)
Please note, the lectures are given in czech language only.

Specialized lecture on the control of body temperature in vertebrates. Facultative for students of animal physiology and neurobiology, as well as for other interested students of Mgr. degree.
Literature - Czech
Last update: RNDr. Daniela Horníková, Ph.D. (24.03.2019)

L. Janský: Vývojová fyziologie I. Základy termoregulace. SPN, Praha 1990.
E. Schönbaum, P. Lomax: Thermoregulation, Physiology and Biochemistry. Eds., Pergamon Press 1990.

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: RNDr. Daniela Horníková, Ph.D. (05.04.2012)

Předmět je ukončen ústní zkouškou.

Syllabus -
Last update: STEFL (10.04.2002)

Temperature, heat, physical concept. General principles of heat homeostasis, poikilotherms, homeotherms. Regulation of body tempeture, anatomical structures, skin and core temperatures as input of signals in controls of heat production and heat loss, endocrine factors. Shivering, nonshivering thermogenesis, uncoupling protein, physiological and biochemical aspects. Adaptive responses to heat and cold in animals and men, adaptive limits. Hibernation, aestivation, pharmacological aspects. Fever, phases of febrile process, cytokines and prostaglandines, natural antipyretics.

References:

Thermoregulation. Physiology and Biochemistry. Eds.: E. Schonbaum, P. Lomax, Perganom Press 1990

 
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