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Original Article

Effects of D-Amphetamine on Colonic and Skin Temperatures of Rats Kept at Various Ambient Temperatures

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Pages 219-222 | Received 13 Mar 1981, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

d-Amphetamine-treated rats (15 mg/kg) were compared with untreated controls at various ambient temperatures. Colonic and skin temperatures were recorded and their ratio analyzed as a function of ambient temperature. The interaction of the peripheral receptor system (skin) with the central thermoregulatory mechanisms is discussed. The possible utility of this index as a simpler expression of the functional relationship which neither requires nor contradicts the concept of a “set point” is proposed.

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Notes on contributors

David I. Mostofsky

Joyce Laing works in the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Playfield House, Cupar, Fife, and is a Consultant Art Therapist to Psychiatric Hospitals and Prisons and Chairwoman of the Scottish Society of Art and Psychology.

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