AbstractsMedical & Health Science
Hormonal and drug factors affecting the catecholamine content of rat tissues.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Health Sciences. |
| Degree: | MS. |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Keywords: | Investigative Medicine. |
| Record ID: | 1557624 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113385.pdf |
Abstract
The marked electrolyte and plasma volume changes which occur after adrenalectomy do not satisfactorily explain either the death which occurs if treatment is not administered nor the pathological findings at autopsy. For example, normal animals can sustain an experimentally induced elevation of plasma potassium several milliequivalents greater than that seen in adrenal insufficiency or a reduction in blood volume of considerably greater than that occurring in this condition.
