PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carey, FG
TI  - A brain heater in the swordfish
AID  - 10.1126/science.7079766
DP  - 1982 Jun 18
TA  - Science
PG  - 1327--1329
VI  - 216
IP  - 4552
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4552/1327.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4552/1327.full
SO  - Science1982 Jun 18; 216
AB  - The brain and eye of swordfish are warmer than the water. Associated with one of the eye muscles is a tissue that heats the brain. This brain heater is rich in mitochondria and cytochrome c and is supplied with blood through a vascular heat exchanger. It protects the central nervous system from rapid cooling during daily vertical excursions which may take the swordfish through a wide temperature range.