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. 2015 Dec 30;2(4):441-6.
doi: 10.1080/23328940.2015.1120045. eCollection 2015 Oct-Dec.

Thermal biology in Brazil: a summary of a 100-year legacy

Flávia C F Müller-Ribeiro  1 , Mauro A Griggio  2 , Jacqueline Luz  2 , Cândido C Coimbra  3
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Thermal biology in Brazil: a summary of a 100-year legacy

Flávia C F Müller-Ribeiro et al. Temperature (Austin). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Paulo Enéas Galvão; acclimatization; bradykinin; fever; inflammation; metabolism; temperature; thermoregulation; tropical men; Álvaro Ozorio de Almeida.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Álvaro Ozorio de Almeida and his siblings (L-R): Álvaro Ozorio de Almeida, Branca Almeida Fialho and Miguel Ozorio de Almeida, were 3 important physiologists who built a laboratory at their father’s residence. With permission of Departamento de Arquivo e Documentação da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/ Fiocruz. Bottom: Sentence written by Álvaro Ozorio de Almeida in the article “Le Métabolisme minimum et le métabolisme basal de l' homme tropical de race blanche” in 1919 (page 727, paragraph 1, lines 17-19).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Left panel: A 1958 photograph of Paulo Enéas Galvão, when he was the counsellor of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. (CNPq). Right panel (L-R): Paulo Enéas Galvão and his colleagues, Casaretto and Sebastião Baeta Henriques, in 1965 at the Butantã Institute, São Paulo. Courtesy of Sociedade Brasileira para o progresso da ciência (SBPC).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Left panel: Irene Rosemir Pelá at the University of São Paulo when she was elected vice-dean of the Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Ribeirão Preto (1998-2001) Courtesy of school of pharmaceutical sciences of Ribeirão Preto. Right panel: Data from the study of Almeida e Silva showing the changes in rectal temperature following intracerebroventricular injections of 4 doses of bradykinin and vehicle, with permission.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Professor José Venâncio Pereira Leite conducting a metabolic study measuring a rat’s oxygen consumption using the metabolic chamber in his laboratory at the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto. Courtesy of Museu histórico da Faculdade de medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Left panel: Schematic diagram showing the oxygen consumption system developed by José Venâncio Pereira Leite. Abbreviations: Aq, warming; B, centrifuge pump; CM, metabolic chamber; G, electrolytic oxygen generator; S, tap for ambient communication; TA, auxiliary thermostat; TP, main thermostat; TO and TT, electric timer. Diagram of oxygen consumption system taken from Georgina dos Santos doctoral thesis, with permission. Right panel: Data from the study of dos Santos et al. showing the determination of thermal neutrality in rats adapted to 25°C (Group I) and 34°C (Group II), with permission.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
The thermoregulatory research group in 2014 (3 assistant professors, postdocs, master’s and PhD students) from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory of the Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais. Courtesy of Professor Candido Celso Coimbra.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Photograph taken in 2006 of students and investigators associated with the Exercise Physiology Laboratory (LAFISE) from the School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy of Federal University of Minas Gerais. Courtesy of Professor Samuel Penna Wanner.
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