BODY-TEMPERATURE INFLUENCES ETHANOL AND ETHANOL PENTOBARBITAL LETHALITY IN MICE

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作者
FINN, DA [1 ]
SYAPIN, PJ [1 ]
BEJANIAN, M [1 ]
JONES, BL [1 ]
ALKANA, RL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SO CALIF,SCH PHARM,ALCOHOL & BRAIN RES LAB,1985 ZONAL AVE,LOS ANGELES,CA 90033
关键词
BODY TEMPERATURE; LETHALITY; ETHANOL; PENTOBARBITAL; MICE; DEPENDENCE; TOXICITY;
D O I
10.1016/0741-8329(91)91232-Q
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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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摘要
The effect of body temperature on ethanol (ETOH) or ethanol plus pentobarbital (ETOH/PB) lethanlity was investigated in C57BL/6J mice. Decreasing ambient temperatures from 35-20 degrees C, decreased rectal temperatures from 38-20 degrees C and increased 8-hour survival from 0-93% for ETOH-treated and from 0-100% for ETOH/PB-treated mice. ETOH and ETOH/PB animals with no hypothermia (body temperatures = 38 degrees C) had the highest lethality. Those with body temperatures between 30-32 degrees C had the highest 24-hour survival. These results suggest that controlled hypothermia may be useful in reducing lethality from ethanol or ethanol/combination overdoses.
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