Objectives Ambient temperature impinges on energy metabolism in a body size dependent
manner. This has implications for the housing temperature at which mice are best compared …

Climate change imposes an urgent need to recognise and conserve the species likely to be
worst affected. However, while ecologists have mostly explored indirect effects of rising …

Predicted increases in global average temperature are physiologically trivial for most
endotherms. However, heat waves will also increase in both frequency and severity, and …

In rodents, brown adipose tissue (BAT) is dynamically regulated by reproductive state, with
greater thermogenic activity and capacity outside reproduction and subsequent …

Abstract Background/Purpose Litter size is a biological variable that strongly influences adult
physiology in rodents. Despite evidence from previous decades and recent studies …

Exposure to high temperatures (heatwaves) is rapidly emerging as an important issue of
climate change, in particular for female mammals during lactation. High temperatures …

Temperature has a profound effect on many aspects of murine physiology. This raises the
question of the best temperature at which mice should be housed to maximize the …

Limits to sustained energy intake (SusEI) during lactation are important because they
provide an upper boundary below which females must trade off competing physiological …

The limits to sustained energy intake set physiological upper boundaries that affect many
aspects of human and animal performance. The mechanisms underlying these limits …

Simple Summary The optimal temperature for laboratory mice has been under discussion for
some time. Current standard temperature is 20° C–24° C but it has been suggested to …