ReviewTemperature (Austin, Tex.)2020
Circadian rhythmicity of body temperature and metabolism.
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- Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Pooled it
- Physiological Rhythms and Biological Variation of Biomolecules: The Road to Personalized Laboratory Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
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- Beyond canonical homeostasis: Dynamic, plastic, and intermittently unregulated physiology as the norm.Physiological reports · 2026Review
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- Using thermal preference to understand mouse thermal biology.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Heat-Induced Sleep Disruption in Aging: A Narrative Review.Clocks & sleep · 2026Review
- Cross-sectional analysis of site- and ambient temperature-related variability in noncontact infrared thermometry among healthy Black African adults.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Weight loss by sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor canagliflozin is followed by rebound in db/db mice but maintained in fat-fed mice via circadian rises in body temperature and locomotor activity.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2026Article
- Neural Control of Homeothermy, Torpor, and Hibernation.Annual review of neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effects of Heatwaves and Tropical Nights on Sleep in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Clocks & sleep · 2026Review
- Heat stress impacts affective processes and risk-taking behaviour.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Association Between Circadian Disruption in Core Body Temperature Rhythm and Post-Chemotherapy Sleep Disturbances in Breast Cancer Survivors.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- New insights into the skeletal muscle circadian clock in ruminants.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Association between castration-induced changes in circadian body temperature rhythms and gut microbiome diversity in goats.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biologging of body temperature in a desert ungulate reveals water use, sex-specific seasonal thermoregulation and heterothermy-associated mortality.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Distinct diurnal temperature rhythm patterns in critical illness myopathy: secondary analysis of two prospective trials.Annals of intensive care · 2025Article
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Abstract
This article reviews the literature on the circadian rhythms of body temperature and whole-organism metabolism. The two rhythms are first described separately, each description preceded by a review of research methods. Both rhythms are generated endogenously but can be affected by exogenous factors. The relationship between the two rhythms is discussed next. In endothermic animals, modulation of metabolic activity can affect body temperature, but the rhythm of body temperature is not a mere side effect of the rhythm of metabolic thermogenesis associated with general activity. The circadian system modulates metabolic heat production to generate the body temperature rhythm, which challenges homeothermy but does not abolish it. Individual cells do not regulate their own temperature, but the relationship between circadian rhythms and metabolism at the cellular level is also discussed. Metabolism is both an output of and an input to the circadian clock, meaning that circadian rhythmicity and metabolism are intertwined in the cell.
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