The Hot Brain
Sponsored by the Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section

Exercise performance is compromised in hot weather or when body temperature is artificially elevated.  The integration of afferent information and signal pathways leading to compromised performance remain poorly defined but new insights into brain physiology are emerging. This symposia will address the neural circuitry for thermoregulatory responses, the metabolic consequences challenging brain processing, how peripheral thermal sensors affect signal processing, and finally, how the afferent signal and brain alterations are integrated to cope with exercise-thermal stress.