Absence of sodium appetite in cyclophosphamide and DOCA treated house mice.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
; 6(3): 265-7, 1977 Mar.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-857252
ABSTRACT
Intraperitoneal administration of cyclophosphamide 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg significantly lowered plasma sodium and significantly increased plasma potassium but did not result in saline preference in a strain of wild-derived house mice given a choice between water and saline (0.15M) to drink. Deoxycorticosterone acetate treatment in dosages up to 1.5 mg for four days also failed to increase salt intake, The data suggest a possible absence of a sodium appetite mechanism in this species.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Appetite
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Sodium
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Cyclophosphamide
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Desoxycorticosterone
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
Year:
1977
Type:
Article