Acute Adaptation of Rats to Very Low Oxygen Pressure.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1949

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volume

72

Issue

2

Abstract

Rapid adaptation occurs in adult rats exposed to anoxia at low temperatures. This enables the animals to tolerate extreme anoxia (32 mm Hg pressure of O2) at various temperatures (14-31°C) for a period more than 40 times longer than unadapted controls. © 1949, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

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