Figure 1. Comparison between body temperature measurement by rectal temperature probe insertion and abdominal telemetry in wild-type mice.
To confirm that the temperature measurement by a rectal probe accurately reflects the body temperature just before probe insertion but subsequently triggers hyperthermia, rectal temperature was repetitively measured at 10 min intervals while abdominal temperature was continuously measured using radio-telemetry. Data are mean ±s.e.m. of 6 wild-type mice. Arrows indicate the timing of the insertion of temperature probe into the animal's rectum.