Combination of calorimetry and endoscopy for monitoring locomotor activities of small animals
Abstract
A combination of microcalorimetry and endoscopy is presented and its application to metabolic investigations of small animals is discussed. The endoscopic lighting introduces additional heat production rates of a few milliwatts that are constant under optimum conditions so that they result in base-line shifts. The set-up is tested with snails of low heat production rates. Some further applications after including an image intensifier tube of second or third generation are mentioned.
- Publication:
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Thermochimica Acta
- Pub Date:
- January 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0040-6031(88)87053-9
- Bibcode:
- 1988TcAc..130...87L