Fig 6. Concentration-related stimulatory effect of nitrous oxide on total locomotion and its estimated influence on core temperature during thermal gradient testing.
Data are medians bounded by 25th and 75th percentiles. P-values for comparisons with control gas condition are indicated. Estimated changes in core temperature are based only on minimum cost of transport and ignore the influence of resting metabolic rate and the cost of support (see Materials and Methods); hence the total contribution of locomotion to body heat content is probably higher. N = 12 per group. Tcore, core temperature.