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Tachycardic response to external cooling

Tachycardic response to external cooling. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. In conscious mice exposed to cooling at 10 degrees, TRPV1 activation by dihydrocapsaicin substantially suppressed total electromyographic muscle activity from 25.6 to 5.1 volt-seconds per minute, abolished the tachycardic response with heart rate change falling from 204 to 3 beats per minute, and produced a profound drop in core temperature from -2.2 to -8.9 degrees.

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    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Conscious mice exposed to 10 degree cooling with implanted electromyography electrodes, electrocardiography and abdominal temperature transmitters
    exposure
    TRPV1 agonist dihydrocapsaicin or TRPM8 inhibitor compound 5, with TRPM8 knockout mice as a control
    limitations
    This is the record that explains why the drug is clinically interesting rather than merely cooling: it removes the defence that makes physical cooling intolerable in a conscious patient.
    nutrient_topic
    Dihydrocapsaicin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and dihydrocapsaicin is recorded separately from capsaicin. · Dihydrocapsaicin
    organism
    Mouse
    plain_language
    It switches off the shivering and racing heart that normally fight off cooling, so the temperature falls much further.
    primary_references
    [dhc-p24005250] Shivering and tachycardic responses to external cooling in mice are substantially suppressed by TRPV1 activation but not by TRPM8 inhibition. (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24005250/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00296.2013
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Back muscle, heart and core

    Dihydrocapsaicin: the second capsaicinoid, the hypothermia it is used to induce, what the gut and liver do to it, and what it does without TRPV1 (2026-09-21) · lines 244–255

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Conscious mice exposed to 10 degree cooling with implanted electromyography electrodes, electrocardiography and abdominal temperature transmitters · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### dhc-suppresses-cold-defence In conscious mice exposed to cooling at 10 degrees, TRPV1 activation by dihydrocapsaicin substantially suppressed total electromyographic muscle activity from 25.6 to 5.1 volt-seconds per minute, abolished the tachycardic response with heart rate change falling from 204 to 3 beats per minute, and produced a profound drop in core temperature from -2.2 to -8.9 degrees. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Dihydrocapsaicin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and dihydrocapsaicin is recorded separately from capsaicin. plain_language: It switches off the shivering and racing heart that normally fight off cooling, so the temperature falls much further. organism: Mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Back muscle, heart and core experimental_model: Conscious mice exposed to 10 degree cooling with implanted electromyography electrodes, electrocardiography and abdominal temperature transmitters limitations: This is the record that explains why the drug is clinically interesting rather than merely cooling: it removes the defence that makes physical cooling intolerable in a conscious patient. exposure: TRPV1 agonist dihydrocapsaicin or TRPM8 inhibitor compound 5, with TRPM8 knockout mice as a control evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/dihydrocapsaicin-research/24005250.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "e9d99ac4cc7a031474975ac4d7f3bcff0df922dc01047fe94bd51817ef5b3fea", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1963, "text_sha256": "e9d99ac4cc7a031474975ac4d7f3bcff0df922dc01047fe94bd51817ef5b3fea"} [dhc-p24005250] Shivering and tachycardic responses to external cooling in mice are substantially suppressed by TRPV1 activation but not by TRPM8 inhibition. (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24005250/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00296.2013
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