ArticleBiology of sex differences2017
Sex difference in thermal preference of adult mice does not depend on presence of the gonads.
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- Sex differences in metabolic regulation by Gi/o-coupled receptor modulation of exocytosis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice Unmasked: Revealing Sex Differences in Anxiety Using a Novel Light-Heat Conflict Test.Journal of neuroscience research · 2024Article
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- Dim light at night unmasks sex-specific differences in circadian and autonomic regulation of cardiovascular physiology.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Thermotherapy has Sexually Dimorphic Responses in APP/PS1 Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- KCNQ1 is an essential mediator of the sex-dependent perception of moderate cold temperatures.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Role of thermosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in thermal preference of male and female mice.Journal of thermal biology · 2024Article
- Consideration of the importance of measuring thermal discomfort in biomedical research.Trends in molecular medicine · 2023Review
- Spinal cord injury in mice amplifies anxiety: A novel light-heat conflict test exposes increased salience of anxiety over heat.Experimental neurology · 2023Article
- Sex differences in thermoregulation in mammals: Implications for energy homeostasis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Effect of Different Ambient Temperatures on Reproductive Outcome and Stress Level of Lactating Females in Two Mouse Strains.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Thermal Preferences of Cowpea Seed Beetles (Insects · 2021Article
- Comprehensive somatosensory and neurological phenotyping of NCS1 knockout mice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe thermoneutral zone (TNZ) is a species-specific range of ambient temperature (T
methodsWe performed a temperature preference test in which 10-week-old gonadectomized and sham-operated male and female C57BL/6J mice were allowed to choose to reside at the thermoneutral cage of 29 °C or an experimental cage of 26, 29, or 32 °C.
resultsAll mice preferred a T
conclusionsFemale mice prefer a warmer environment than male mice, a difference not affected by gonadectomy. This suggests that thermal-sensing mechanisms may be influenced by sex-specific pathways other than gonadal factors or that the thermoregulatory set point has already been determined prior to puberty.
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