Document Detail


The influence of body temperature on the ventilatory response to CO 2 in anaesthetized rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  4698498     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The breathing frequency, tidal volume and partial pressure of CO2 in arterial blood (PaCO2) were measured continuously in urethan anaesthetized rats at different body temperatures. In urethan anaesthesia the colonic temperature of our rats averaged 33.5 plus or minus 1.29 degree Celsius, when the ambient temperature was 22-24 degree Celsius. At this temperature their PaCO2 was the highest, 42 plus or minus 1.2 mm Hg on the average. With decreasing or increasing body temperature the PaCO2 declined. The breathing frequency increased with increasing body temperature. The ventilatory CO2 response curve in warmed rats was shifted towards higher ventilation. Its relative slope was parallel, in absolute units it was steeper than that of the cooled animals. After vagotomy the rate of breathing averaged 42-48 percent of the control values, at all body temperatures. The calculated inspirio-inhibitory index (V/VT) shows a relatively identical decrease (37-39 percent) after vagotomy in warmed, same as in cooled rats. The results indicate that in urethan anaesthetized rats the sensitivity to CO2 remains the same in the range of body temperatures from 28 to 38 degree Celsius. Also the relative role of the vagus nerves does not change within the range of these temperatures.
Authors:
F Palecek; M Chválová; J Novenko
Related Documents :
10638868 - Contractures secondary to immobility: is the restriction articular or muscular? an expe...
1187838 - Regulatory drinking in rats with permanent access to a bitter fluid source.
937528 - A factor analysis of body build in the rat.
10405768 - Fractal geometry in urodynamics of lower urinary tract.
10400218 - The distribution and gene expression of adrenomedullin in the rat brain: peptide/mrna a...
12622928 - Expression of adrenomedullin and its receptor in lungs of rats with hypoxic pulmonary h...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0065-1400     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars)     Publication Date:  1973  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1973-06-19     Completed Date:  1973-06-19     Revised Date:  2011-01-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1246675     Medline TA:  Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars)     Country:  POLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  155-61     Citation Subset:  IM    
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anesthesia
Animals
Body Temperature*
Carbon Dioxide / blood*
Male
Partial Pressure
Pulmonary Ventilation
Rats
Respiration*
Urethane
Vagotomy
Vagus Nerve / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide; 51-79-6/Urethane

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  'Specific' and 'non-specific' stimuli in the drive of respiration.
Next Document:  Mechanism of excitation of type J receptors.