"Brain over body"-A study on the willful regulation of autonomic function during cold exposure.
Neuroimage May 15, 2018 Otto Muzik, Kaice T Reilly, Vaibhav A. Diwadkar
The defense of body temperature against environmental thermal challenges is a core objective of homeostatic regulation governed by the autonomic nervous system. Autonomous mechanisms of thermoregulation are only weakly affected by top-down modulation, allowing only transient tolerance for extreme cold. There is however, anecdotal evidence of a unique set of individuals known for extreme cold...