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The ability to maintain thermal homeostasis decreases with age (1,2). Core temperature in the aged is liable to change in response to either heat or cold (3). Studies on a 3-hr cold (10°C) stress in mice suggested that adaptive thermoregulatory changes occurred by intermittent cold stress in different age groups from 8 to 22 months, but not in 30 months-old mice (4). Heat production in cold acclimated rats, which were 3, 12 and 24 months of age, was higher than that of non-acclimated groups during exposure to cold (5).
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Asaki, Y., Iriki, M. (1994). Acclimation of Aged Rats to Cold. In: Zeisberger, E., Schönbaum, E., Lomax, P. (eds) Thermal Balance in Health and Disease. APS Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7429-8_21
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