CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL MECHANISMS 
TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS FOR SHIVERING 
Procedures 
Number 
of 
Animals 
Temperature (°C) * S.D. 
Hypothalamic 
Visceral 
Subcutaneous 
I. Whole Body 
Cooling 
13 
c. 
37.9*0.5 
38.1*06 
33.2*1.3 
e 
37.3*0.8 
375*0.8 
30.0*2.2 
1. Central 
Cooling 
7 
c. 
38.0*1.2 
377*0.9 
33.7*1.3 
e. 
36.2*1.3 
377*0.8 
33.8*1.2 
IE. Peripheral 
Cooling 
10 
c 
38.3* 08 
379*1.2 
33.3*1.3 
e. 
38.3*0.6 
37 7*1.1 
29.7*2.0 
c= pre-cooling control 
e= onset of shivering 
Table II. Temperature thresholds for shivering. 
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