Circadian Variation in the Latency of Brain Stem Responses: Its Relation to Body Temperature

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Article

Publication Date

1981

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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7209538

Abstract

The auditory brainstem response varies in a circadian rhythm that is negatively correlated with the circadian rhythm in oral temperature. The auditory brainstem responses and oral temperature were recorded every 3 hours from three healthy male subjects during a 2-day period. The data indicate that a reduction of 1 degree C in oral temperature is associated with an increase of 200 microseconds in the latency of wave V of the auditory brainstem response, and of 160 microseconds in the interval between waves I and V.

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Science, v. 212, issue 4492, p. 356-358

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