Biol Reprod Lalor Postdoctoral Fellowships -- Application Deadline January 15, 2009
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by DAVIS, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by HOROWITZ, A. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by DAVIS, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by HOROWITZ, A. M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by DAVIS, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by HOROWITZ, A. M.

Biology of Reproduction, Vol 21, 413-417, Copyright © 1979 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

Effect of Various Exposure Times to Hyperthermia and Hypothermia on Spontaneous Contractions of the Adult Rabbit Isolated Testicular Capsule

JOSEPH R. DAVIS 1, and ARTHUR M. HOROWITZ 1

1 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, illinois 60153


Spontaneous contractions of the adult rabbit isolated testicular capsule were found to be influenced by moderate hyperthermic and hypothermic temperature changes. An increase in organ bath temperature from a normal scrotal temperature of 37°C to 42°C for an exposure period greater than 15 min resulted in irreversible changes in spontaneous contractions of the testicular capsule. However, complete recovery of spontaneous contractions, of the testicular capsule, which had been inhibited by an exposure of 40°C for 120 min, occurred when the tissue was returned to 37°C. In contrast, decreases in organ bath temperatures from 37°C to 32°C for up to 120 min produced a progressive increase in amplitude of contractions. Corresponding exposures of the isolated testicular capsule for the same time periods at 16°C resulted in complete but reversible cessation of spontaneous contractions.

Submitted on November 6, 1978
Accepted on April 16, 1979






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1979 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction.