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Surgical Implantation of Temperature Telemetric Monitoring System in Mouse Model: A Surgical Procedure to Implant Temperature Telemetric Device to Measure Mouse Core Body Temperature
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2025
In this video, we describe a surgical procedure to implant a temperature telemetric device in a mouse model to continuously measure its core body temperature.
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Implantation of Radiotelemetry Transmitters Yielding Data on ECG, Heart Rate, Core Body Temperature and Activity in Free-moving Laboratory Mice
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2011
A surgical technique for implantation of commercially available telemetry transmitters used for continuous measurement of biopotential (one-lead ECG), heart rate, core body temperature and locomotor activity in freely moving mice is shown. Recommendations and protocols for post-operative care and pain relief, improving recovery, well being and survival rate are also presented.
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The Nucleosome Core Particle
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2020
Nucleosomes are the DNA-histone complex, where the DNA strand is wound around the histone core. The histone core is an octamer containing two copies of H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 histone proteins. The paradox Nucleosomes, paradoxically, perform two opposite functions simultaneously. On the one hand, their main responsibility is to protect the delicate DNA strands from physical damage and help achieve a higher compaction ratio. While on the other hand, they must allow polymerase enzymes to access DNA...
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Visualizing the Effect of pH on Solubilization of the Influenza A Viral Core
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2026
Source: Stauffer, S. et al., In Vitro Disassembly of Influenza A Virus Capsids by Gradient Centrifugation. J. Vis. Exp. (2016)This video demonstrates the effect of pH on the solubilization of influenza A viral cores. Gel electrophoresis and protein staining reveal the progressive disassembly of the core structure under acidic conditions.
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Using an Ingestible Telemetric Temperature Pill to Assess Gastrointestinal Temperature During Exercise
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2015
This study describes an accurate, reliable and non-invasive technique to continuously measure gastrointestinal temperature during exercise. The ingestible telemetric temperature pill is suitable to measure gastrointestinal temperature in laboratory settings as well as in field based settings.
FAQs
The hypothalamus integrates thermal signals from the body and uses that information to coordinate multiple responses rather than relying on a single mechanism. It can promote sweating and vasodilation when heat must be lost, or vasoconstriction and shivering when heat conservation or production is needed. This coordinated control helps keep internal temperature within a narrow physiological range.
Core temperature changes reflect the relationship between metabolic heat production and heat loss. If production exceeds loss, temperature tends to rise; if loss exceeds production, it tends to fall. Thermoregulatory responses modify this relationship through sweating, changes in vascular tone, and shivering, allowing clinicians to interpret a measured value as part of an active physiological balance.
Monitoring core temperature supports recognition and management of several clinically important states, including fever, hypothermia, infection, anesthesia-related temperature changes, and thermoregulatory disorders. Its value comes from reflecting internal thermal conditions and helping clinicians identify disturbances in temperature regulation across different clinical situations, where temperature changes may require focused assessment and management.
Clinical measurement can use sites such as the esophagus, rectum, bladder, or pulmonary artery. These locations provide options for assessing internal temperature when patient circumstances or monitoring requirements differ. The appropriate site depends on the patient’s condition and the type of monitoring needed, so site selection is part of obtaining clinically useful temperature information.
Site selection should match the patient’s condition and the monitoring needs of the clinical situation. Esophageal, rectal, bladder, and pulmonary artery measurements are among the available approaches, but the overview does not assign one site to every circumstance. Choosing among them allows assessment to be adapted to the patient rather than treated as a fixed procedure.
Core temperature assessment is relevant when clinicians need to recognize anesthesia-related temperature changes or evaluate thermoregulatory disorders. In these settings, measurements from an appropriate internal site can help identify altered temperature regulation and support management. The same clinical assessment framework also applies when evaluating fever, hypothermia, or temperature changes associated with infection.