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IT has long been known that the administration of thyroxine to rats, or any other species, is followed by an increase in their basal metabolic rate. In the present experiments rats fed thyroid were found to respond to the injection of adrenaline by a further marked and sustained rise in oxygen consumption. No such increase could be demonstrated in normal control animals. This increased sensitivity of hyperthyroid rats to adrenaline, as reflected in their oxygen consumption, was used to examine the release of adrenaline in insulin hypoglycæmia.
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HIMSWORTH, R. Effect of Adrenaline and Insulin upon the Oxygen Consumption of Hyperthyroid Rats. Nature 185, 694 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185694a0
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