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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Baseline ventilation, hemoglobin concentration (Hb) and P50 were significantly lower in guinea-pigs than in rats. Chronic sodium cyanate (NaOCN) administration did not significantly increase hemoglobin concentration in either guinea-pigs or rats. It decreased the P50 significantly less in guinea-pigs than in rats. The high Hb-O2 affinity experimentally induced did not modify the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) of guinea-pigs and rats. At the same level of acute hypoxia, HVR was significantly lower in NaOCN guinea-pigs than in NaOCN rats. Guinea-pigs, genotypically adapted animals to high altitude, displayed relatively minor ventilatory and Hb-O2 affinity changes to NaOCN, and a relatively minor HVR to acute hypoxia. They probably use tissue and biochemical adaptive mechanisms, in addition to their limited extracellular responses to successfully tolerate ambient hypoxia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1096-4940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
675-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Ventilatory response to severe acute hypoxia in guinea-pigs and rats with high hemoglobin-oxygen affinity induced by cyanate.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study