Thermal Biology

Makoto TOMINAGADivision of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences) Okazaki, Aichi, JapanMasahiro TAKAGISchool of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi Ishikawa, Japan

• Chapter 1. Structure and Function of Thermosensitive TRP Channels.- Chapter 2. Biomimetic lipid raft: Domain stability and interaction with physiologically active molecules.- Chapter 3. Cold tolerance of nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.- Chapter 4. Temperature-dependent gating of thermo-sensitive TRP channels.- Chapter 5. Thermal stress and nuclear transport.- Chapter 6. Thermal Biology of Membrane Lipid Dynamics.- Chapter 7. Intracellular thermometry using molecular sensors for thermal biology.- Chapter 8. Temperature dependent activity of the voltage-gated proton channel.- Chapter 9. Sensory processing of cutaneous temperature in the peripheral and central nervous system.- Chapter 10. Central mechanisms of thermoregulation and fever.- Chapter 11. Interorgan communication involved in BAT thermogenesis.- Chapter 12. Circadian clock and body temperature.- Chapter 13. Body temperature control by cold- and warm-seeking behaviors.- Chapter 14. Regulation of neural functions by brain temperature and thermo-TRP channels.- Chapter 15. β-Adrenergic signal and epigenomic regulatory process for adaptive thermogenesis.- Chapter 16. Mitophagy responds to the environmental temperature and regulates mitochondrial mass in adipose tissues.- Chapter 17. Roles of TRPA1 in painful cold hypersensitivity.- Chapter 18. Thermal adaptation in animals: genes, development, and evolution.