muscle-brain

Updated: May 27, 2025

This is in agreement with the experimental findings that anesthetics, curare, or any break in the muscle-brain connection causes diminished muscular and heat production. The Thyroid. In myxedema one of the cardinal symptoms is a persistently subnormal temperature and, though prone to infection, subjects of myxedema show but feeble febrile response and readily succumb.

George W. (Washington) Crile - Origin and Nature of Emotions