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Evidence of diurnal fluctuation of sensitivity to noradrenaline in the rat — the role of the thyroid

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The capacity for heat production, under the influence of the same amount of noradrenaline, in the rat was significantly higher in the evening (20.00 h) than in the morning (07.00 h). Thyroidectomy produces not only a lower level of heat production, but also a complete disappearance of the differences between the morning and the evening experiments.

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  1. V. M. Petrović

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  1. Faculty of Science, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Beograd, (Yugoslavia)

    V. M. Petrović, Katica Maksimović & Leposava Marković-Giaja

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Petrović, V.M., Maksimović, K. & Marković-Giaja, L. Evidence of diurnal fluctuation of sensitivity to noradrenaline in the rat — the role of the thyroid. Experientia 32, 1544–1545 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01924442

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Keywords

  • Noradrenaline
  • Heat Production
  • Complete Disappearance
  • Evening Experiment
  • Diurnal Fluctuation