title: [Variations in the hydrothermic contraction of the rat skin as a function of the age of the animals].
abstract: The tension developed in Rat skin by hydrothermal shrinkage is modified with ageing of the animals: the temperature of maximum tension decreases from birth to 1 month, then very slowly increases with age. At higher temperatures than that of maximum tension a relaxation occurs very rapidly in young Rats and in not yet senescent adult skins. These modifications appeared to be related to those of the nature of the intermolecular collagen cross-links with ageing.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology; D003094:Collagen / Q000502:physiology*; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000196:embryology; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003285:Contractile Proteins; D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Variations de la contraction hydrothermique de la peau du Rat en fonction d l'âge des animaux.