In rats after 6-hour immobilization, DSIP partly blocked the stress-induced elevation of plasma corticosterone.
In plain wordsIn stressed rats, DSIP partly blocked the stress-related rise in corticosterone.
- Outcome
- DecreasePlasma corticosterone elevation after 6-hour immobilization
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Stress hormones · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- 0.1 mg/kg · i/pAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The stress increased the content of corticosterone, ACTH, beta-endorphin, but not insulin in the blood plasma, and the levels of met-enkephalin in the adrenal glands, but decreased the met-enkephalin contents in the striatum. The injection of DSIP (0.1 mg/kg, i/p) blocked partly the elevation of corticosterone only.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
By RIA there were studied the contents of corticosterone, ACTH, beta-endorphin and insulin in the blood plasma, met- and leu-enkephalin in different regions of the rat brain and in the adrenal glands after a 6-hour immobilization.