PULMONARY EFFECTS OF COLD ACCLIMATIZATION AND NOREPINEPHRINE CALORIGENESIS,

Abstract

The effects of cold acclimatization on pulmonary function during norepinephrine calorigensis were studied. Norepinephrine resulted in amarked increase (85%) in the pulmonary minute volume in both warm- and cold-acclimatized rats. This increase in the warm-acclimatized rats was accomplished entirely by increasing the respiratory rate, whereas in the cold-acclimatized rats the increase in pulmonary minute volume was achieved for the most part by increasing the tidal volume with a slight increeas in respiratory rate. Cold acclimatization was associated with a greater efficiency of oxygen extraction before, during and after the infusion of norepinephrine. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419988

Entities

People

  • Eugene Evonuk
  • John P. Hannon

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acclimatization
  • Efficiency
  • Extraction
  • Infusions
  • Norepinephrine
  • Pulmonary Function

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  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Mathematics or Statistics