Fig. 2

Average brain (a), esophageal (b), and rectal (c) temperatures reported every 5 min. The asterisk symbol [*] represents statistical difference (p < 0.05) between the VC and NC groups and the pound sign [#] represents statistical difference between the VC and NVC groups. Parentheses around a symbol represent a trend (p < 0.1) with the symbols keeping the same meaning