SHIVERING AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION

摘要

This report reviews relationships between shivering and other mechanisms of temperature regulation. Included are data relating to: (1) the concept that shivering, together with other so-called "physiological mechanisms" of com¬bating cold, is but one aspect of biological resourcefulness in the cold; (2) a neuromotor definition of shivering; (3) the concept that shivering comes into play to increase heat pro¬duction after mechanisms of heat retention are insufficient to prevent a loss of body heat in the face of a rapid drop in environmental temperature; (4) shivering versus nonshivering thermogenic activity during brief and sudden drops in environmental temperature; and (5) the adequate physiological stimulus to evoke shivering.