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Science 10 August 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4099, pp. 579 - 581
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4099.579
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Brainstem Temperature Affects Gill Ventilation in the California Scorpionfish

L. I. Crawshaw 1, H. T. Hammel 1, and W. F. Garey 1

1 Physiological Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92037

California scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata, were implanted with a pair of thermodes which straddled the anterior brainstem. When the fish were in water of about 20°C, warming the thermodes to temperatures above 20°C caused a proportional increase in the ventilatory minute volume. Cooling the thermodes below 20°C caused a proportional decrease in the ventilatory minute volume. It is concluded that the anterior brainstem temperature provides an important input to the respiratory control center in teleost fish.


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