title: Postmortem changes in resistivity of the anterior abdominal wall during the early postmortem period in rats.
abstract: An accurate and reproducible technique was employed for the determination of the resistivity of excised portions of the anterior abdominal wall of rats. Resistivity decreased linearly (r = -0.93; P < 0.001) from 1438 +/- 131 omega.cm, immediately following death, to 360 +/- 144 omega.cm at a postmortem interval of 36 h. These changes are believed to reflect the morphological and/or chemical changes which occur at the cellular level during the early postmortem period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Querido
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels