AMPHETAMINE AND THERMOREGULATION - STUDIES IN UNRESTRAINED AND CURARIZED RAT
AMPHETAMINE AND THERMOREGULATION - STUDIES IN UNRESTRAINED AND CURARIZED RAT
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00499429
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
WASER, PG
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作者:
BORBELY, AA;BAUMANN, IR;WASER, PG
We investigated the effect of (+)-amphetamine on body temperature in the unrestrained and curarized rat. In the unrestrained animal kept at an ambient temperature of 30°C amphetamine had a dose-dependent hyperthermic action, whereas in animals kept at 7°C it decreased body temperature. An increase in body temperature was evident also in the curarized rat; after spinal cord transection at the level of C1; and in the pithed rat. Pretreatment with the alpha-adrenergic blocking agent azapetine attenuated amphetamine-hyperthermia in the curarized rat, but enhanced the hyperthermic response in the unrestrained rat. Pretreatment with the beta-adrenergic blocking agent propranolol abolished amphetamine-hyperthermia in the curarized rat, but did not affect the response in the unrestrained animal. In the hypophysectomized animal amphetamine had a hypothermic effect even at high ambient temperatures. It is concluded that the action of amphetamine on peripheral beta-receptors has a hyperthermic effect, but that additional mechanisms are involved in the thermal response of the freely moving animal.