A TRANSIENT RISE IN PLASMA BETA-ENDORPHIN AFTER A TRADITIONAL 47-DEGREES-C HOT-SPRING BATH IN KUSATSU-SPA, JAPAN

被引：41

作者：

KUBOTA, K

KURABAYASHI, H

TAMURA, K

KAWADA, E

TAMURA, J

SHIRAKURA, T

机构：

[1] Department of Medicine, Kusatsu Branch Hospital, Gunma University School of Medicine, Kusatsu, Gunma

来源：

LIFE SCIENCES | 1992年 / 51卷 / 24期

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D O I：

10.1016/0024-3205(92)90039-R

中图分类号：

R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];

学科分类号：

1001 ;

摘要：

To clarify the mechanism of the intoxicating feeling attained after a traditional 47-degrees-C hot-spring bath called 'jikan-yu' in Kusatsu-spa, Japan, we examined the change in plasma levels of beta-endorphin and methionine enkephalin in 7 healthy subjects. The mean sublingual temperature rose from 36.8-degrees-C to 38.6-degrees-C and the plasma beta-endorphin level from 16.2 pg/ml to 49.5 pg/ml 2 minutes after completing a 3-minute bath in 47-degrees-C hot-spring water. However, the plasma methionine enkephalin level was not changed. This feeling of intoxication may be explained by the transient rise in plasma beta-endorphin level.

引用

页码：1877 / 1880

页数：4

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