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Feto/fisiologia , Tireoidectomia , Animais , Vias Auditivas/fisiologia , Peso Corporal , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Núcleo Caudado/análise , Dopamina/análise , Potenciais Evocados Auditivos , Feminino , Hemodinâmica , Tamanho do Órgão , Consumo de Oxigênio , Gravidez , Segundo Trimestre da Gravidez , OvinosAssuntos
Obesidade , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Comportamento Alimentar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/etiologia , Obesidade/prevenção & controle , Obesidade/terapiaAssuntos
Glucagon/sangue , Insulina/sangue , Lipídeos/sangue , Pancreatite/sangue , Doença Aguda , Amilases/metabolismo , Animais , Glicemia/metabolismo , Cães , Endotoxinas , Escherichia coli , Ácidos Graxos não Esterificados/metabolismo , Feminino , Lipase/metabolismo , Masculino , Pancreatite/induzido quimicamente , Pancreatite/metabolismo , Ácido Taurocólico , Triglicerídeos/metabolismoRESUMO
The present studies in the newborn sheep were undertaken to further clarify the mechanism or mechanisms for the early increases in serum thyroid hormone concentrations in the newborn as well as the significance of these changes to newborn nonshivering thermogenesis. Six groups of animals were studied to determine the influence of neonatal cooling, cord cutting, and the effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and triiodothyronine (T3) injections. Group I newborns were delivered into room air with immediate cord cutting. Group II animals were delivered into room air and cord cutting was delayed 60 min. Group II animals were delivered into a 39 degrees water bath and maintained for 60 min with the umbilical cord intact; the cord was cut at the time of removal from the water bath...
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Temperatura Corporal , Parto Obstétrico , Tri-Iodotironina/sangue , Cordão Umbilical , Animais , Ácidos Graxos não Esterificados/sangue , Ovinos , Tiroxina/sangue , Cordão Umbilical/cirurgiaAssuntos
Glucagon/sangue , Adolescente , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Antígenos , Humanos , Soros Imunes , Recém-Nascido , Métodos , RadioimunoensaioRESUMO
The extent and significance of spontaneous glucagon secretion in the immediate postnatal period were investigated in groups of normal infants studied cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Arginine-and alanine-stimulated glucagon secretion was also studied. Plasma glucagon concentrations were correlated with prevailing glucose and insulin concentrations. The characteristic fall in blood glucose, reaching a nadir within hours of birth, was associated with a significant increase in glucagon concentration. Despite persistence of relative glucopenia, glucagon did not change appreciably between 2 and 24 h of life. A further significant elevation in glucagon concentration occurred from day 1 to day 3 of life associated with a return of glucose to euglycemic levels. In contrast to the sluggishness of pancreatic glucagon release, glucagon-like immunoreactivity rose markedly to mean levels of approximately 2,000 pg/ml after introduction of formula feeding. No significant changes in insulin levels were observed in these studies. Arginine infusion via an umbilical vein catheter into six infants within 6 h of birth elicited a brisk, almost threefold increment in glucagon concentration (from 339+/-85 to 940+/-254 pg/ml) in blood obtained from, or close to, the portal circulation. Bolus injection of alanine (1 mmol/kg) into a peripheral vein to six infants resulted in significant increments in glucagon (mean maximal, 128 pg/ml) as well as glucose and insulin. The observations suggest that spontaneous glucagon secretion may be an important factor in neonatal glucose homeostasis. Secretion seems more brisk in response to amino acid stimulation than to a falling glucose concentration.
