Herbert Hensel
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LOCATION: Marburg, Germany
Professor of Physiology; Director, Institute of Physiology, Philipps University of Marburg, West Germany. Coauthor of Temperatur und Leben.
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Thermoreception, sensory process by which different levels of heat energy (temperatures) in the environment and in the body are detected by animals. Temperature has a profound influence upon living organisms. Animal life is normally feasible only within a narrow range of body temperatures, with the…
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