Microwaves and thermoregulation : [proceedings of Microwaves and Thermoregulation: a symposium, held October 26-27, 1981, at the John B. Pierce Foundation of Connecticut, Inc., sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the John B. Pierc

Microwaves and Thermoregulation emerged from a symposium hosted by the John B. Pierce Foundation at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, on October 26-27, 1981. The event brought together engineers, physical scientists, physiologists, and psychologists to discuss the ways in which nonionizing electromagnetic radiation deposits thermalizing energy in biological tissues and how this energy may be detected and managed by the conscious organism. The book begins by tracing the history of thermal RF-tolerance and of thermoregulation. This is followed by chapters on topics such as the characteristics of the thermal environment; the microwave stimulus; electromagnetic heating for therapy; the effects of thermal (infrared) radiation on humans; body temperature regulation during euthermia and hyperthermia; the central nervous thermoregulatory system; and thermal sensation. Other chapters discuss the sensory dynamics of intense microwave irradiation; thermoregulation in intense microwave fields; thermoregulatory behavioral responses; and effects of long-term (subchronic) exposure to weak microwave fields. The book also includes a chapter featuring panel discussion held during the symposium, and one that discusses G. A. Sachers free-energy hypothesis of life-span enhancement. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Contributors , Pages ix-x Preface , Pages xi-xii , Eleanor R. Adair MICROWAVES AND THERMOREGULATION: HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION , Pages 1-14 , Herman P. Schwan CHARACTERIZING THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT , Pages 15-31 , Larry G. Berglund THE MICROWAVE STIMULUS , Pages 33-56 , John M. Osepchuk ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING FOR THERAPY , Pages 57-93 , Arthur W. Guy, Chung-Kwang Chou IN VIVO TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS DURING WHOLE-BODY EXPOSURE OF MACACA MULATTA TO RESONANT AND NONRESONANT FREQUENCIES , Pages 95-107 , Jerome H. Krupp INFRARED RADIATION AND HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT , Pages 109-137 , Richard R. Gonzalez BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION DURING EUTHERMIA AND HYPERTHERMIA , Pages 139-159 , Steven G. Shimada, John T. Stitt CENTPAL NERVOUS MECHANISMS REGULATING BODY TEMPERATURE , Pages 161-190 , H. Craig Heller THERMAL SENSATION: INFRARED AND MICROWAVES , Pages 191-201 , Joseph C. Stevens SENSORY DYNAMICS OF INTENSE MICROWAVE IRRADIATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AVERSIVE BEHAVIORS BY MICE AND RATS , Pages 203-230 , Don R. Justesen SENSATION, SUBTLETIES, AND STANDARDS: SYNOPSIS OF A PANEL DISCUSSION , Pages 231-238 , Jan A.J. Stolwijk, John Osepchuk, Chung-Kwang Chou, Don R. Justesen, Michel Cabanac, Eleanor R. Adair BEYOND THERMOREGULATION , Pages 239-250 , Charles Süsskind CIRCULATORY AND SWEATING RESPONSES DURING EXERCISE AND HEAT STRESS , Pages 251-273 , C. Bruce Wenger ACCLIMATION TO HEAT AND SUGGESTIONS, BY INFERENCE, FOR MICROWAVE RADIATION , Pages 275-282 , Ralph F. Goldman THERMOREGULATION IN INTENSE MICROWAVE FIELDS , Pages 283-295 , Sol M. Michaelson EVALUATION OF THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSE TO MICROWAVE POWER DEPOSITION , Pages 297-305 , Jan A.J. Stolwijk THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES , Pages 307-357 , Michel Cabanac CHANGES IN THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR DURING MICROWAVE IRRADIATION , Pages 359-378 , Eleanor R. Adair THE THERMAL BASIS FOR DISRUPTION OF OPERANT BEHAVIOR BY MICROWAVES IN THREE ANIMAL SPECIES , Pages 379-399 , John O. de Lorge SUBTLE CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE TO WEAK MICROWAVE FIELDS: ARE THERE NONTHERMAL EFFECTS? , Pages 401-429 , Richard H. Lovely, Sheri J.Y. Mizumori, Robert B. Johnson, Arthur W. Guy DETECTION OF RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION – INDUCED WHOLE BODY HEATING FOLLOWING CHEMICAL IMPAIRMENT OF THERMOREGULATION , Pages 431-444 , Ralph J. Smialowicz INFLUENCE OF THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF BODY TEMPERATURE ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO MICROWAVES: DAY VS NIGHT EXPOSURE , Pages 445-460 , W. Gregory Lotz “THE BRAIN IS THE ORGAN OF LONGEVITY”: INTRODUCTION TO G. A. SACHER'S FREE-ENERGY HYPOTHESIS OF LIFE-SPAN ENHANCEMENT , Pages 461-480 , Don R. Justesen Index , Pages 481-490