In rabbits, delta-sleep peptide at 60 nM/kg raised the threshold for ventricular fibrillation.
In plain wordsIn rabbits, DSIP made the heart harder to push into ventricular fibrillation by raising its threshold.
- Outcome
- IncreaseVentricular fibrillation threshold
- Study
rabbitn: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 60 nM/kgAs given in this study (rabbit).
Measurements
- Dose
- 60 nM/kg
- delta-sleep peptide
Source sentences
The delta-sleep peptide (60 nM/kg) was shown to increase electric stability of the heart by elevating the thresholds of ventricular fibrillation and its precursors (ventricular extrasystoles and paroxysmal ventricular tachysystoles).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
An experimental study in 38 rabbits explored the effect of delta-sleep peptide and its deficiency on thresholds of ventricular fibrillation or its precursors.