Acute Adaptation of Rats to Very Low Oxygen Pressure.

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Article

Publication Date

7-1-1948

Publication Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

70

Issue

7

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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