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IT is well known that oxygen consumption increases if the temperature of the environment is raised above the neutral zone (28°–30° for the rat). Normal rats, in a chamber saturated with water vapour, invariably respond to a temperature of 35° C. with a marked rise in oxygen consumption.
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DONHOFFER, S., MESTYÁN, G. & PAP, T. Effect of High Environmental Temperature on the Oxygen Consumption of Thyroidectomized, Hypophysectomized and Methylthiouracil-treated Rats and the Related Action of Thyroxine. Nature 169, 972 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169972a0
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