Body temperature daily rhythms of the fat jird Meriones crassus: Effects of beta and alpha adrenergic blockers

N. Palgi; Y. Naaman; A. Haim

doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.015

Body temperature daily rhythms of the fat jird Meriones crassus: Effects of beta and alpha adrenergic blockers

N. Palgi, Y. Naaman, A. Haim

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

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Abstract

(1) The responses of body temperature (T_b) daily rhythms of short photoperiod (8L:16D) acclimated fat jirds Meriones crassus, a nocturnal xeric burrowing species, to beta (propranolol, 4.5 mg/kg) and alpha (prazosine, 1 mg/kg) adrenergic blockade were studied. (2) The results of our study show that beta blockade significantly (p<0.01) increased T_b values during the dark phase (24:00 and 06:00 h) and shifted the acrophase. (3) Alpha blockade significantly (p<0.05) decreased T_b values during the dark phase (24:00 h) but significantly (p<0.01) also increased T_b during the light phase (12:00 h). (4) These responses are similar to those obtained for two different diurnal species inhabiting arid environments and differ from those of the nocturnal golden hamster.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-180
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Thermal Biology
Volume	31
Issue number	1-2 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.015
State	Published - Jan 2006

Keywords

Adrenergic blockade
Body temperature
Daily rhythms
Rodent
Xeric

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Physiology
Biochemistry
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Developmental Biology

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Body temperature daily rhythms of the fat jird Meriones crassus: Effects of beta and alpha adrenergic blockers

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