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[Orthosympathetic reaction during paroxysmal asphyxia in the rat]
Comptes Rendus Des Seances De La Societe De Biologie Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1979
Abstract:
Acute hypercapnic hypoxia provoked by the ligature of the trachea kills the rat in 3 to 5 minutes. Catecholaminemia is immediately increased by adrenaline release from the adrenal medulla for the largest part. Catecholamine contents of the suprarenal glands is not decreased at the time of death.