Effect of Exposure to Cold on Fluid and Electrolyte Exchange

Author(s):  
Melvin J. Fregly
1981 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Storm ◽  
C. van Hardeveld ◽  
A. A. H. Kassenaar

Abstract. Basal plasma levels for adrenalin (A), noradrenalin (NA), l-triiodothyronine (T3), and l-thyroxine (T4) were determined in rats with a chronically inserted catheter. The experiments described in this report were started 3 days after the surgical procedure when T3 and T4 levels had returned to normal. Basal levels for the catecholamines were reached already 4 h after the operation. The T3/T4 ratio in plasma was significantly increased after 3, 7, and 14 days in rats kept at 4°C and the same holds for the iodide in the 24-h urine after 7 and 14 days at 4°C. The venous NA plasma concentration was increased 6- to 12-fold during the same period of exposure to cold, whereas the A concentration remained at the basal level. During infusion of NA at 23°C the T3/T4 ratio in plasma was significantly increased after 7 days compared to pair-fed controls, and the same holds for the iodide excretion in the 24-h urine. This paper presents further evidence for a role of the sympathetic nervous system on T4 metabolism in rats at resting conditions.


1955 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland M. Nardone ◽  
Charles G. Wilber ◽  
X. J. Musacchia
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1959 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 598-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Viel
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Dehui Kong ◽  
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1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
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N. Faucon-Biguet ◽  
R. Labatut ◽  
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J. Mallet ◽  
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