Tetraethyl lead dose response curve for mortality in laboratory rats

Résumé On a donné à 96 rats mâles albinos six doses différentes de plomb tétra-éthyle par intubation intragastrique. Une courbe dose-réaction a été établie à partir des résultats obtenus et les calculs ont donné une valeur LD₅₀ de 12,3 mg/kg (11,50 à 13,15). Cette valeur diffère de celle qui a été obtenue précédemment. On croit que cette différence résulte du fait qu'un nombre plus grand d'échantillons a été utilisé dans cette série d'observations.     

Interaction of inhibitory and excitatory junctional potentials in the control of a myogenic myocardium: the ventricle ofBusycon canaliculatum

Résumé Les auteurs ont étudié, par microélectrode interne, l'interaction entre les potentiels postsynaptique inhibitoire et excitatif dans un myocarde myogénique. Ils ont observé la sommation de ces potentiels et leur action facilitant l'inhibition par hyperpolarization et l'excitation par depolarisation.

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Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, USA (P.H.S. Grant No. 5-R01-NS-08352-03 PHY, from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.)     

Circadian change of sweating rate measured locally by the resistance hygrometry method in man.

There existed circadian change in the sweating rate locally measured from the anterior of the left thigh: the sweating rate showed a remarkable decline during the period 2.00--5.00 h, while at other times throughout the day it generally remained high. This reduction seemed to be independent of sleep or sleeplessness.     

Lymphatic metastasis of tumour; persistent transport of cells

Summary A model of lymphatic metastasis established by injecting Walker rat carcinoma cells into the rat footpad was used to study the output of tumour cells from the footpad. The lymphatic efferent from the footpad was cannulated in a group of rats with advanced neoplasm; it was shown that the output of tumou cells was continuou over periods up to 90 min and ranged from 10²–10⁵ cells/min.Acknowledgment. This work was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada to C.R.F. and I.C. We are grateful to Mrs W. Kao and Mr I. Etches for meticulous technical help and to the Photographic Section, Department of Pathology for illustrations. Dr V.S. Gupta of Veterinary Physiology, University of Saskatchewan supplied the tumour for transplantation.     

An attempt to induce crossing-over in males ofDrosophila melanogaster with ovarian extract

Zusammenfassung Von zwei früheren, sich widersprechenden Befunden wird einer gestützt: Ovarialextrakte vonDrosophila lösen in Männchen keine «crossing-over» aus.

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The author wishes to express her gratitude to Dr. P. G.Kale for guidance and to Prof. S. P.Ray-Chaudhuri for the facilities provided.