SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN THE DERANGEMENT OF MINERAL METABOLISM AFTER ADRENALECTOMY
- 1 January 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Physiological Society of Japan in The Japanese Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 187-195
- https://doi.org/10.2170/jjphysiol.13.187
Abstract
Rabbits have been shown to resist Na restriction even after adrenalectomy. The renal mechanisms of reabsorbing Na are well developed in this animal species and do not necessitate mineralocorticoids except in cases of forced Na loss, such as due to starvation or thiazide medication. There exists a series of marked species differences in the development of these renal tubular mechanisms in the order of rabbits, rats, and dogs. This is reflected in the species difference in the derangement of mineral metabolism after adrenalectomy.Keywords
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