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Calorie restricted rats do not increase metabolic rate post-LPS, but do seek out warmer ambient temperatures to behaviourally induce a fever

Authors: Leah MacDonald, Denovan Begg, Richard S. Weisinger, Stephen Kent

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: body temperature, calorie restriction, fever, lipopolysaccharide, metabolic rate, thermoregulation

2012

Infant cradling in a captive mother gorilla

Authors: Carolyn Begg-Reid, Michael A. Schillaci

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cradling, gorilla gorilla, handedness, laterality, primates

2008

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