Influence of age on the renal renin response to a high salt intake in the rat

Summary Saline drinking combined with DOCA-treatment was found to decrease renal renin in weanlings at a higher rate than in adult rats, with a comparable saline consumption level. The decrease was not potentiated by uninephrectomy.     

The influence of the experimental conditions on the renal response to angiotensin in the rat

Résumé Les conditions expérimentales déterminent la réponse rénale à l'angiotensine chez le rat. Antérieurement, on a seulement demontré une réponse natriurétique à cette hormone. Cependant, chez les rats chargés chroniquement de sodium, on a demontré que l'angiotensine en doses de 0,00005–0,005µg/kg/min est toujours anti-natriurétique. Après une opération récente, ou sous anesthésie ou en présence d'une déplétion de sodium, l'angiotensine à ces doses, chez les mêmes animaux, est soit sans effet ou même natriurétique.     

Influence of age on the plasma hormonal iodine response to thyrotropin injection in young calves]

The influence of age upon the increase in plasma hormonal iodine level following an intravenous injection of bovine TSH (0.2 USP units/kg) was studied in young jersey calves. The response to TSH increased between birth and the 7th day, then decreased regularly until the end of the third month. Reasons for these variations are discussed according to some results obtained following TSH injections.     

Water intake: Influence on development of rat saline hypertension

Résumé Après 7 semaines de surcharge saline administrée par gavage, l'augmentation de tension artérielle systolique de 3 groupes de rats uninephrectomisés soumis à différents régimes d'hydratation s'avéra être en meilleure corrélation avec le rapport NaCl/H20 ingéré qu'avec la quantité absolue de sodium ingéré. La soif pourrait possiblement potentialiser d'autres formes d'hypertension expérimentale.     

Influence of age on epidermal growth factor receptor level in the rat brain

Summary The influence of age on¹²⁵I-epidermal growth factor (EGF) binding to rat brain plasma membranes was investigated. The specific binding of EGF to membranes decreased gradually with age in both male and female rats. There was no significant difference in the specific binding between males and females. Scatchard analysis of the binding data showed that the decrease in EGF binding with age was due to a decrease in the number of EGF receptors.     

Influence of age on epidermal growth factor receptor level in the rat brain

The influence of age on 125I-epidermal growth factor (EGF) binding to rat brain plasma membranes was investigated. The specific binding of EGF to membranes decreased gradually with age in both male and female rats. There was no significant difference in the specific binding between males and females. Scatchard analysis of the binding data showed that the decrease in EGF binding with age was due to a decrease in the number of EGF receptors.     

Effect of phenformin and chlorpropamide on renin activity in the rat

Résumé La phénformine et la chlorpropamide, deux agents antihyperglycémiques, sont utilisés pour le traitement du diabète insipide. Ces deux drogues injectées à des rats diminuent le taux plasmatique de la rénine sans affecter la rénine du rein. La diminution de l'activité rénine plasmatique s'oppose à l'élévation que l'on trouve après injection de diurétiques du groupe chlorothiazide. On suppose que c'est cette élévation, qui produit l'effet antidiurétique de ces drogues dans le diabète insipide. L'activité de la rénine plasmatique ne peut donc expliquer l'effet antidiurétique de tous les composés utilisés dans ce diabète.     

Tubular factors in the renal response to arterial hypotension

Zusammenfassung Nach Verminderung des arteriellen Blutdruckes ist die Senkung der Natrium- und Wasserausscheidung grösser in der innervierten als in der denervierten (transplantierten) Niere. Es konnte festgestellt werden, dass der verminderte Blutdruck der unteren Körperhälfte bei gleicher Filtration eine vermehrte tubuläre Natrium- und Wasserreabsorption der innervierten Niere hervorruft.     

The effects of dopamine on renin release in the isolated perfused rat kidney

Summary In the isolated and perfused kidney of the rat, the stimulant effect of dopamine on renin release is blocked by propanolol and not by haloperidol. This suggests that the release of renin induced by dopamine is due to the activation of \-receptors.     

Spatial variation in response to odorants on the rat olfactory epithelium

We have measured the electro-olfactogram produced by four odorants, nicotine, i-pentyl acetate, i-pentanoic acid and cineole from twelve positions on an in vitro preparation of rat olfactory tissue. Each odorant shows a different pattern of response over the twelve positions which can be explained by differences in olfactory receptor populations between regions of the rat olfactory epithelium. The result for nicotine is further evidence that there are olfactory receptors which are stimulated by nicotine when it is presented as a vapour.     

Spatial variation in response to odorants on the rat olfactory epithelium

Summary We have measured the electro-olfactogram produced by four odorants, nicotine, i-pentyl acetate, i-pentanoic acid and cineole from twelve positions on an in vitro preparation of rat olfactory tissue. Each odorant shows a different pattern of response over the twelve positions which can be explained by differences in olfactory receptor populations between regions of the rat olfactory epithelium.The result for nicotine is further evidence that there are olfactory receptors which are stimulated by nicotine when it is presented as a vapour.     

Effect of selenium on food and water intake in the rat

Zusammenfassung Verabreichung von Selen verändert das Stoffwechselgleichgewicht bei 21-Tage alten Ratten, bei denen der Wasserverbrauch proportional zur Nahrungsaufnahme erfolgt, ebenso besonders die freiwillige Futter- und Wasseraufnahme. Diese Befunde sind bei der Untersuchung der Wirkung von Selen auf die Zahnkaries im Rattenversuch zu berücksichtigen.