Journal article
Thermoregulation in hyperthyroid rats: Mechanism underlying the lack of hypothermic response to morphine in hyperthyroid animals
Life sciences (1973), Vol.33(19), pp.1845-1852
1983
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(83)90668-9
PMID: 6645781
Abstract
Previous experiments in our laboratory demonstrated that morphine, at doses which produced pronounced hypothermia in normal rats, not only failed to decrease but instead increased body temperature in thyroxine-treated animals. The present studies were undertaken to further investigate these initial findings. In animals treated chronically with subcutaneous thyroxine, basal body temperatures were elevated and morphine induced only hyperthermia whether given subcutaneously (10 mg/kg) or centrally (30 μg) into the anterior hypothalamus. Basal oxygen consumption, which reflects metabolic heat production, was significantly elevated when compared to controls. In response to morphine, control animals showed decreased oxygen consumption while thyroxine-treated animals showed a slight increase. In both groups of animals, changes in core temperatures reflected changes in oxygen consumption. These results indicate that hyperthyroid animals fail to decrease body temperature in response to morphine because they are unable to decrease metabolic heat production. Morphine, acting at central hypothalamic sites, reduces heat production in normal animals, but in thyroxine-treated animals morphine cannot overcome the increased thermogenesis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Thermoregulation in hyperthyroid rats: Mechanism underlying the lack of hypothermic response to morphine in hyperthyroid animals
- Creators
- Barry G. Kasson - University of California, Los AngelesRobert George - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Life sciences (1973), Vol.33(19), pp.1845-1852
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/0024-3205(83)90668-9
- PMID
- 6645781
- ISSN
- 0024-3205
- eISSN
- 1879-0631
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1983
- Academic Unit
- Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984303744402771
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