EFFECT OF HYPOXIA UPON TEMPERATURE REGULATION OF MICE, DOGS, AND MAN

Abstract

In mice, dogs and men, hypoxia was found to decrease the control of body temp. on exposure to cold; mice became poikilothermic. Hypoxia inhibited shivering in the 3 spp.; in man it increased heat loss from the skin. Low temp. favored survival of mice exposed to progressive hypoxia; between 37 C and 20 C, the survival ceiling increased approx. 1,000 feet per 1 C drop in temp.