HEAT-PRODUCTION OF FROGS UNDER NORMOXIC AND HYPOXIC CONDITIONS - A MICROCALORIMETRIC STUDY USING A GAS-FLOW SYSTEM

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SCHULZ, C [1 ]
THUY, M [1 ]
WEGENER, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MAINZ,INST ZOOL,SAARSTR 21,W-6500 MAINZ,GERMANY
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10.1016/0040-6031(91)87183-W
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O414.1 [热力学];
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Heat production of male frogs, Rana temporaria, was measured in a microcalorimeter through which a continuous flow of gas was passed in order to generate constant normoxic, hypoxic or anoxic conditions. The normoxic heat flow was 163 +/- 37-mu-W/g body weight in frogs that had not been treated with curare and 149 +/- 69-mu-W/g in animals immobilized with curare. During anoxia, frogs, whether curarized or not, decreased their heat production to about 25% of the respective normoxic control. In graded hypoxia (10% to 3% O2), curarized frogs decreased their heat rate according to the grade of hypoxia they were subjected to.
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