Sentences with phrase «lowers core body temperature»

In lab animals, calorie restriction lowers core body temperature and resting metabolic rate.

Keep the room cool: Help your baby lower his core body temperature by keeping his room between 65 and 70 degrees.

For example, while hibernating, small mammals like the ground squirrel slow their pulse and breathing and can lower their core body temperature to just a few degrees above freezing.

This stimulation of the NMDA receptor is believed to have two key effects on sleep: inhibiting muscle activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and lowering core body temperature enough to facilitate sleep in the first place.

Move your pet into the shade and apply cool (not cold) water over their entire body to gradually lower the core body temperature.

Not exact matches

when they warmed his body and gave him oxygen on the way to the hospital he woke up, everyone screamed it's a miracle... then science had to step in and explain it wasn't a miracle, the temperature of the water lowered his core temperature so low that his body required less oxygen, thus he didn't recieve enough brain damage to cease funtioning.

There's some question as to how good of a practice this is, given that this method doesn't actually lower someone's core body temperature, but it at least helps them feel a little better.

For example, there is evidence that rectal temperature, which is often measured for body temperature, may show a delayed response to changes in internal and external temperature due to vascular perfusion of the rectum being lower than that of the deeper core.

A study published in January found that the immune response to the common cold in a test group of mice was impaired at the lower body temperature compared to the core body temperature.

Despite having a low metabolic rate, leatherbacks — the sole living species of turtle in a once larger group — have a core body temperature that ranges between 25 °C to 27 °C (about 77 °F to 81 °F).

«We found that the innate immune response to the rhinovirus is impaired at the lower body temperature compared to the core body temperature,» Iwasaki said.

«A vital function of the nose is to warm inspired air to core body temperature and saturate it with water vapor before it reaches the lower respiratory tract,» they write in the study.

Research from Washington University has also found that people who restrict their calorie intake have lower core temperatures — an indication that their bodies can operate as efficiently as possible.

Your veterinarian will begin treatment by safely lowering your pet's core body temperature until temperature reaches 103 degrees F.

Humans can overheat if core body temperatures much above 98.6 ° F (37 ° C) are sustained.16 Normally, when skin temperatures is somewhat cooler than 98.6 ° F (37 ° C), the body loses its metabolically generated heat by conducting that heat outward from the core.7 Extremely hot and humid conditions, however, can make it difficult to keep this heat balance maintained.16 Extreme heat can be particularly dangerous to old, young, or frail people; to those suffering from cardiovascular, respiratory, or diabetic disease; and to lower - income people who do not have well - insulated homes or air - conditioning.17, 18

This happens because warm feet and hands cause blood vessels to enlarge, allowing more heat to escape your body, which in turn lowers your core temperature faster and causes you to nod off sooner.

This happens because warm feet and hands cause blood vessels to enlarge, allowing more heat to escape your body, which in turn lowers your core temperature faster, initiating sleepiness.