Acute Metabolic Effects of Thiopental Anesthesia on Fed and Fasted Rats Chronically Treated With Bromocriptine

• Main Authors: Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, Jr (Author), Leida Maria Botion (Author), Rachel Menezes Guerra (Author), Rodrigo Bastos Fóscolo (Author), Lucas José Campos Machado (Author), Umeko Marubayashi (Author), Adelina Martha dos Reis (Author), Câ;ndido Celso Coimbra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated the acute effects of thiopental anesthesia (4 mg/100 g, i.v.) on plasma glucose, insulin, triacylglycerol, and prolactin levels in rats treated with bromocriptine (BR) (0.4 mg/100 g body wt, i.p., for two weeks). Thiopental anesthesia induced a rapid increase in plasma insulin that w...