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THERMOGLYCÆMIC RESPONSE AND THE ADRENERGIC SYSTEM IN PIGEONS
Author(s) -
Chaudhuri Sukhen,
Sadhu D. P.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1961.sp001518
Subject(s) - adrenergic , blood sugar , endocrinology , tartrate , chemistry , heart rate , medicine , plasma concentration , blood pressure , biochemistry , receptor , diabetes mellitus
Pigeons show a significant thermoglycæmic response on short exposure to high ambient temperatures. An attempt has been made to study the role of the adrenergic system in this response of the pigeons. The birds are controlled at 32° C. and exposed to 45° or 48° C. for 2½hr. Their body weight, rectal temperature, heart rate, plasma‐cell ratio of blood, erythrocytes, leucocytes and blood hæmoglobin, specific gravity of whole blood and blood plasma, concentration of plasma proteins and blood sugar were determined. The ganglioplegic drug “Ansolysen” and adrenergic blocking agent “Ergotamine Tartrate” have been found to abolish the thermoglycæmic response.