Altered thermoregulatory responses to clonidine in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 938-942

  O'Donnell, J M ^a   Banyasz, T ^b   Kovacs, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Diabetes; Hypothalamus; Streptozotocin; Temperature; 2 adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; GLUCOSE; IDAZOXAN; NALOXONE; NICOTINIC ACID; STREPTOZOCIN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTHERMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029915952     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15284.x     Document Type: Article

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