Temperature response to morphine in paralyzed cats.
Cats, sedated and paralyzed, showed a significant increase in body temperature after intravenous injection of morphine while animals with additional spinal blockade (C3) from injection of 2% lidocaine solution, did not. The results suggest that motor activity is not necessary for morphine-induced hyperthermia in the cat, as had been suggested in the literature.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology
D009020:Morphine; D008012:Lidocaine