title: Influence of lowered serum calcium level on body temperature and sensibility to thermal stress in rats.
abstract: Lowering of serum calcium level induced with intravenous injection of an EDTA Na2 solution caused in rats a statistically significant (p < 0.05) rise in body temperature. These hyperthermic animals exposed to high ambient temperature of +43 degrees C (316 K) had a significantly reduced survival time (p < 0.05). The lethal temperature and the mean rate of temperature rise were not different in both groups.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D012007:Rectum; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology