Effect of Reducing the Atmospheric Pressure on Body Water Content of Rats

31 December 1952

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 172 (1) , 33-36
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1952.172.1.33

Abstract

In rats exposed to a simulated altitude of 15,000 ft. water and wt. loss were both max. within the 1st week of exposure at the period of max. water depletion, 14.4 cc. of water per 100 g. of body wt., or 20% of the body water content, was lost. Loss of water accounted for 94% of the reduction in wt. observed during the first 6 days of the exposure.

Keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
WATER