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Články z EurekAlertOHSU researchers reveal the science of shivering

17. 12 2007 (06:00)

OHSU researchers have uncovered the system that tells the body when to perform one of its most basic defenses against the cold: shivering. The scientists have discovered the brain's wiring system, which takes temperature information from the skin and determines when a person should start shivering. Their findings are published in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience.