Temperature-dependent effects of ephedrine in the cold

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1147-1150

  Carlisle, Harry J ^a   Stock, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cold; Ephedrine; Metabolism; Rat; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030271306     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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