THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT

Thyroxin injection with associated increases in metabolic rate does not significantly affect simple reaction time to an electric shock. Hypophysectomy and thyroidectomy with associated decreases in metabolic rate produce a slight decline in reaction speed. Reaction time is long in young animals, pro...

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Autor principal: Brody, E. Bloor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1941
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2237981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19873226
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description Thyroxin injection with associated increases in metabolic rate does not significantly affect simple reaction time to an electric shock. Hypophysectomy and thyroidectomy with associated decreases in metabolic rate produce a slight decline in reaction speed. Reaction time is long in young animals, probably due to incomplete development of certain integrative and conductive systems; it remains virtually constant between puberty and relatively advanced age when it increases rapidly, probably due to physicochemical changes in the composition of the conducting nervous system.
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spelling pubmed-22379812008-04-23 THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT Brody, E. Bloor J Gen Physiol Article Thyroxin injection with associated increases in metabolic rate does not significantly affect simple reaction time to an electric shock. Hypophysectomy and thyroidectomy with associated decreases in metabolic rate produce a slight decline in reaction speed. Reaction time is long in young animals, probably due to incomplete development of certain integrative and conductive systems; it remains virtually constant between puberty and relatively advanced age when it increases rapidly, probably due to physicochemical changes in the composition of the conducting nervous system. The Rockefeller University Press 1941-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2237981/ /pubmed/19873226 Text en Copyright © Copyright, 1941, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title_full THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title_fullStr THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title_full_unstemmed THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title_short THE INFLUENCE OF AGE, HYPOPHYSECTOMY, THYROIDECTOMY, AND THYROXIN INJECTION ON SIMPLE REACTION TIME IN THE RAT
title_sort influence of age, hypophysectomy, thyroidectomy, and thyroxin injection on simple reaction time in the rat
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2237981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19873226
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