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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 18-22 
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Animal Behaviour ; Mice
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Mice were stained with pulverized charcoal and the resulting grooming behaviour observed. From 119 controls, the typical patterns indicated a late cleaning of the tail, the sacrum and the region between the ears. The following substances were tested: Imipramine, Desipramine, Trimeprimine, Amitriptyline, Nortriptyline, Chlordiazepoxide, Iproniazide, d-Amphetamine, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Acetylsalicylic acid, Metronidazole. Of these Amitriptyline, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol and Metronidazole were effective in doses less than 1/10 of LD 5.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 62-73 
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    Keywords: Amphetamine ; Hallucinogens ; Drug Addiction ; Psychopharmacology ; Phenylethylamines
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The amphetamine analog, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM), was studied in 18 volunteer subjects given single doses ranging from 2 to 14 mg. The former was a threshold dose, with definite psychotomimetic effects being evident from doses over 5 mg. The clinical syndrome greatly resembled that of the LSD-mescaline-psilocybin series of drugs, including its time-course. Somewhat more sedation was produced by DOM than would have been expected from the others, despite concomitant evidence of peripheral sympathetic stimulation. Just as with the other drugs, DOM increased plasma free fatty acids, decreased phosphorus and creatinine clearance, decreased circulating eosinophils and had little effect on catecholamine excretion. Performance of psychometric tests was impaired. Chlorpromazine treatment concurrently was found to attenuate the reaction. Tolerance rapidly developed when the drug was used chronically by patients.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 200-210 
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Hashish ; Cannabinoids ; Monkeys Amphetamine
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 1. The psychopharmacological activity of Δ 1-tetrahydrocannabinol, (I); Δ 1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinol (4′ hexyl), (II); Δ 1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinol, (III); 1-ethoxyhexahydrocannabinol, (IV); 8-ethoxy-iso-hexahydrocannabinol, (V); Δ 1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid Me ester, Isomer I, (VI); Δ 1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid Me ester, Isomer II, (VII); cannabigerol, (VIII); Δ 1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinol (3′ hexyl), (IX); cannabichromene, (X); has been examined in a variety of animal species. 2. Compounds (I) and (III) caused severe motor disturbances and a stuporous state in dogs and ptosis, “tameness” and peculiar postural changes in monkeys. In the latter animal, compound (II) elicited similar effects. 3. Compounds (I) and (III) after intraperitoneal but not subcutaneous administration, suppressed the gerbil digging activity; reduced the rat conditioned avoidance response and induced a cataleptoid reaction in mice, rats and gerbils. In addition, compound (I) reduced the performance of mice on the rotating-rod. Both compounds, administered subcutaneously, induced a measurable ataxic gait in rats. 4. Amphetamine reversed the behavioural changes elicited by compounds (I) and (III) in monkeys, as well as the cataleptoid reaction in rats. 5. None of the other compounds provoked observable changes in any of the species studied. 6. It is suggested that Rhesus monkeys might serve as a suitable model for assessing the psychopharmacological activity of active cannabinoids.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 394-403 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Morphine ; Skin Conductance
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Skin conductance changes during periods of stress induced by hypercapnia were studied during a cycle of addiction to morphine. Conductance changes were found to be dose dependent in both tolerant and non-tolerant states. The effects of morphine on skin conductance changes induced by hypercapnia were similar to those effects previously observed on changes induced by electric shock.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 196-206 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Animal Behavior ; Alcohol ; Atropine ; Discrimination
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Two operant procedures were used for training albino rats to make differential responses on the basis of their drug or nondrug condition. In the Conflict procedure, every fifth lever press was rewarded by a food pellet in one condition (drug for half the animals, saline for the other half) and was punished by electric shock in the other condition. For 6 animals the drug condition was ethyl alcohol (1200 mg/kg of a 10% v/v solution in isotonic saline, injected i.p. 5 min before the start of the session); for 4 animals the drug condition was atropine sulfate (10 mg/kg in 1 ml/kg saline injected i.p. 30 min before the start of the session). In the Choice procedure, food reward was obtained by the first press on one of two levers at a variable time interval, averaging one minute, after the prior food reward. The rewarded lever depended on the animal's drug or saline condition (alcohol for 7 animals, atropine for 5 animals, administered as in the Conflict procedure); the same right-hand or left left-hand lever was rewarded in the drug condition for half the animals and in the saline condition for the other half. The response associated with 1200 mg/kg alcohol was generally elicited in tests with sufficiently high doses of pentobarbital sodium (10–20 mg/kg), chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride (10–15 mg/kg) and chloral hydrate (90–120 mg/kg, administered orally). Lower doses of these compounds, and of alcohol, were perceived as less similar to the alcohol and therefore more similar to the saline condition. Substantial doses of chlorpromazine hydrochloride (2 mg/kg) and d-amphetamine sulfate (1 mg/kg) also were perceived as similar to the saline condition. The response associated with a centrally acting anticholinergic (10 mg/kg atropine) was generally elicited in tests with several doses of scopolamine hydrobromide (0.06 to 1.0 mg/kg) and of atropine (2.5–5.0 mg/kg). The saline response was elicited by a lower dose of scopolamine (0.03 mg/kg) and by a peripherally-acting anticholinergic, atropine methyl bromide, at a dose (5 mg/kg) equimolar with 10 mg/kg atropine sulfate. The same results, including closely similar ED50 doses, were generally found with the Conflict and Choice procedures, despite the differences between them in the motivational basis for the differential drug and nondrug responses. The similarities and dissimilarities among these compounds in perceived stimulus characteristics also correspond closely with those reported by Overton (1966) with a locomotor shock-escape procedure in tests which were generally limited to a single high dose of each drug.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 245-254 
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Aggression ; Lithium ; Psychopharmacology
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The influence of lithium on aggressive behavior was studied in Siamese fighting fish, mice and golden hamsters. The fish stopped fighting when exposed to concentrations of 10 to 30 meq/l LiCl in the surrounding water. Also in mice and hamsters which ingested LiCl with the drinking fluid lithium abolished intraspecific aggression. Measurements of plasma and brain lithium levels revealed astonishing individual differences in the concentrations which were necessary for the antiaggressive effect. In all species normal aggressive behavior reappeared after lithium treatment was discontinued.
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Antidepressants ; Reserpine Emesis ; Apomorphine Pecking
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Seven psychic energizers have been quantitatively evaluated for their antidepressant and tranquillizing activity using antagonism of reserpine induced emesis and apomorphine induced pecking in pigeons as test procedures for the two activities respectively. Pheniprazine and deanol possess anti-reserpine activity only whereas imipramine, desmethylimipramine, amitriptyline, opipramol and orphenadrine possess both anti-reserpine as well as anti-apomorphine activity. It is suggested that the two tests form a simple and reliable combination for evaluating potential antidepressants.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 425-429 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Methysergide ; Mania ; Lithium
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Six manic patients were studied in an open sequential drug trial of placebo and the serotonin antagonist methysergide; lithium was then substituted double-blind. No dramatic change occurred in individual manic item scores or in mean daily mania ratings after 48 hours or seven days of methysergide, although several of the patients showed slight trends toward improvement. However, after a mean duration of 10.3 days of lithium treatment, all manic item scores improved dramatically and significantly, so that complete clinical remission was evident in all patients. In view of the discrepancy between these essentially negative findings and several recent positive reports on the efficacy of methysergide in the treatment of mania, the authors feel that the indolealkylamine hypothesis of affective disorders should be further investigated.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 109-115 
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Hallucinogens ; Drug Effects ; Behavior Exploratory ; Monkeys
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of Psilocybin on the behavior of the baboon Papiopapio has been studied. Animal watchfulness, as estimated from the E.E.G., is enhanced within the first five minutes after injection and then is not further modified. Psilocybin induces a decrease of spontaneous motility. Conversely, the frequency of eye movements is considerably increased. This pattern might be explained by alterations of visual perception.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 134-143 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Anti-Anxiety ; Controlled Trial ; Doxepin
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Six patients with persistent anxiety symptoms were used in a preliminary assessment of a new anti-anxiety compound-Doxepin (Sinequan) with placebo. The factorial design is discussed as a potentially useful way of conducting a first-stage test of anti-anxiety compounds. Analysis of the results showed that Doxepin at 25 mg t.d.s. and 50 mg t.d.s. was associated with improvement in the patient's self ratings of anxiety symptoms.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 142-149 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Amphetamine ; Cholinergics ; Drug Interactions
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Amphetamine was administered to a group of rats trained on a nondiscriminated avoidance procedure. An intraperitoneal dose of 2.0 mg/kg caused about a 75% increase in response rate for the three-hour session. Doses of atropine, Tremorine, eserine, and 4-(1-naphthylvinyl)-pyridine (NVP), an inhibitor of the enzyme choline acetylase, which were ineffective in themselves, markedly affected the increase in rate observed after amphetamine. The quarternary amine of NVP was without effect on the amphetamine response. Those agents that decreased cholinergic function, either by blocking the effect of acetylcholine or by preventing its synthesis, augmented the stimulating effect of amphetamine. Cholinergic stimulants, on the other hand, significantly antagonized the behavioral effects of amphetamine.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 417-425 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Psychoses ; Reflex, Abnormal ; Chlorpromazine ; Trifluopromazine
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    Notes: Summary According to our results in 117 subjects, recently taken medications, age and sex must be considered when duration of the Achilles-tendon reflex is used as a clinical test to assess thyroid status. Males have a shorter ATR than females. In older subjects the ATR lasts longer than in those below age 27. Fifty-two psychiatric patients before medication did not differ in ATR duration from 65 controls. However, after 28 patients took chlorpromazine and 24 received trifluoperazine, ATR was prolonged in the chlorpromazine group and shortened in the trifluoperazine group. Neither chlorpromazine concentrate, 1,800 mg, nor trifluoperazine concentrate, 180 mg, given during the first six days, affected ATR, but an additional 6,000 mg of chlorpromazine, or an additional 420 mg of trifluoperazine over the next six days, did significantly alter ATR-duration.
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Doxepin ; Diazepam ; Anti-Anxiety ; Antidepressant
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    Notes: Summary Doxepin and diazepam were evaluated for therapeutic effectiveness in a double blind study carried out with 69 primarily anxious neurotic outpatients attending either a municipal hospital clinic or a general practitioner's office. Doxepin produced more clinical improvement than diazepam in several questionnaire clusters measuring depressive symptomatology, but not in clusters measuring anxious symptomatology. According to several outcome criteria, doxepin tended to produce more clinical improvement in general practice than in clinic patients, while diazepam produced either equal improvement in both populations or slightly more improvement in the clinic. Possibly contributing to the present results are low daily dosage of diazepam, differential pharmacological drug effects, population differences in levels of anxiety and depression, and differences in population characteristics, primarily as related to social class.
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    Keywords: Nicotine ; Antimuscarinic Drugs ; Ganglion-Blocking Drugs ; Operant Conditioning ; Psychopharmacology
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    Notes: Summary The effects of nicotine on bar-pressing behaviour in the rat are blocked by mecamylamine. The depressant phase of the effect is blocked by atropine, supporting the conclusion that this depression is mediated by released acetylcholine. The quaternary compounds chlorisondamine and atropine methylnitrate also antagonise the behavioural effects of nicotine but the doses required for this are far in excess of those which are effective peripherally, suggesting that the sites of interaction are central.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 351-360 
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    Keywords: Nicotine ; Conditioned Stimulus ; Discrimination Learning ; Psychopharmacology
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Rats were trained to respond for water rewards on different bars in a Skinner box depending on whether they had previously been injected with nicotine or with saline. No other drug tested could consistently elicit responses on the “nicotine correct” bar. Pre-treatment with mecamylamine abolished the rats' ability to distinguish between nicotine and saline but pretreatment with chlorisondamine did not.
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide or LSD ; Methylphenidate or Ritalin ; Chlordiazepoxide or Librium ; Psychopharmacology ; Alcoholism and Drug Therapy
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Through the retrospective use of the 156 item DWM Card Sort, the experiences from a single intravenous dose of 200 mcg of LSD, 75 mg of methylphenidate (Ritalin) and 75 mg of chlordiazepoxide (Librium) were compared in a population of 99 chronic male alcoholics treated in an “LSD setting” in a double-blind study. Surprisingly, 96 of the 156 items proved significantly different among the 3 groups. LSD was unique in producing Sensory and Perceptual Distortions (including Hallucinations or Illusions), and Mystical, Religious or Paranormal Sensations. However, contrary to expectation, LSD did not uniquely produce the traditional “therapeutic” experience, but appeared to be surpassed in that area by methylphenidate. Both drugs also produced some anxiety, while chlordiazepoxide produced relaxation, and enhanced music appreciation.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 248-254 
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    Keywords: Amphetamine ; Appetite Depressants ; Psychopharmacology ; Sympathomimetics
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary A method is described with which it is possible to measure locomotor activity and food intake simultaneously in the same rat or other small animal. From a study of a number of psychomotorstimulant drugs and anorectic agents it may be concluded that locomotorstimulation and appetite-suppression are two different effects that may or may not characterize the same drug. Methamphetamine and phenmetrazine are stimulants in doses that do not inhibit food intake. Amphepramon reduced food intake in low doses but acts as a stimulant in higher doses. Chlorphemternine and phenfluramine are anorectic agents that are not stimulants, even in high doses.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 1-8 
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    Keywords: Cannabis (Marihuana) ; Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ; Hallucinogens (Psychopharmacology) ; Visual Perception ; Psychopharmacology
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    Notes: Summary Four pigeons were trained on a visual discrimination task which required conditional responding along the independent dimensions of form and color. High doses of Cannabis sativa (marihuana) extract and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which were equated on the basis of their effectiveness in suppressing responding, increased responding on a color dimension but not on a form dimension. High doses of LSD produced a decrement in discrimination performance while comparable doses of Cannabis did not effect accuracy. Treatment with Bromolysergic acid diethylamide, saline, and pentobarbital did not produce significant changes in performance. Results are discussed in terms of a break-down in stimulus control and central hallucinogenic activity.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 19-27 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Animal Behavior ; Nicotine-Physical Performance ; Motivation
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In sessions of ten runs each, swimming time of rats through a 4 m long water alley was measured. Four doses of nicotine (0.05; 0.1; 0.2; 0.4 mg/kg given intraperitoneally 30 minutes before testing) were tested in sessions with a braking load on the tails of the animals either in all 10 runs of a session, or in every second run, or in none of the 10 runs. Regardless of the swimming condition, nicotine produced a considerable, and at doses of 0.1 mg/kg and over, significant decrease of performance in the first two runs. From the third to the 10th run, the changes caused by nicotine were smaller and differed depending on the swimming conditions. A dose of 0.1 mg nicotine/kg improved performance in the “without-load-sessions” and the “without-load-runs” of the alternating sessions, while both 0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg improved performance of the “with-load-runs” of the alternating sessions. Performance in the “without-load-sessions” and the “without-load-runs” was depressed by 0.4 mg/kg and that in the “with-load-sessions” by 0.2 and 0.4 mg/kg.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 28-38 
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    Keywords: Drugs ; Sleep ; Electroencephalography ; Psychophysiology ; Psychopharmacology
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    Notes: Summary Sleep physiological patterns were examined following a single oral dose (500 mg) of the hypnotic drug alpha chloralose. The drug increased SW sleep and decreased REM sleep without affecting total sleep time or the amount of stage 2. These changes were accompanied by a shift to slower frequencies and greater EEG synchrony, as well as a decrease in the number of spontaneous arousals in all stages of sleep, and throughout the night of medication. Except for a slight decrease in eye movement density, the drug had no systematic effects on phasic phenomena such as electrodermal or cardio-respiratory fluctuations, nor was there a systematic change in basal heart and breathing rates. On the night following medication a “rebound” increase in percent stage REM was associated with a sharp decrease in SW sleep, and increases in spontaneous arousals and waking time. Such findings suggest that sleep stages are controlled by homeostatic mechanisms whose function is to maintain equilibrium. A comparison of the effects of alpha chloralose with those of the barbiturate secobarbital revealed some striking differences. Although both alpha chloralose and the barbiturate reduced the amount of stage REM and the frequency of brief arousals, the latter compound enhanced EEG fast activity and desynchrony, and suppressed such phasic phenomena as rapid eye movements during stage REM, sigma spindles in stage 2, nonspecific electrodermal responses during SW sleep and cardio-respiratory variability in all sleep stages. For secobarbital, the decrease in percent stage REM was compensated by an increase in stage 2 rather than SW sleep. Several studies in the cat suggest that in subanesthetic doses, alpha chloralose acts primarily on cortical inhibitory processes, causing release of the reticular activating system from inhibitory influences. The results of this study show that moderate doses in man probably act on both cortical and subcortical systems involved in the mediation of SW sleep, REM sleep and arousal.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 64-72 
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    Keywords: Amphetamine ; Dextro Amphetamine ; Psychopharmacology ; Conditioning, Operant ; Pharmacodynamics
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    Notes: Summary Bar pressing was maintained by food reinforcement of each fiftieth response (FR50 schedule). Rats were tested at 3 levels of food deprivation (60, 80 and 100% of ad libitum body weight) under three drug conditions (0, 0.2 and 0.4 mg of D-amphetamine per rat). Overall response rate was reduced by increasing doses of drug, but not significantly by deprivation, within the range studied. The components of response rate were analysed separately into the starting speed (latency of the first response of each ratio run of 50 responses) and running rate. Drug level affected running rate and first latency of the session, whereas body weight affected only first latency of the session. Only the first latency of the session showed an interaction of drug level and body weight. The lack of interaction raises the question, whether amphetamine is more properly administered as total dose per rat, rather than proportional to body weight.
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    Psychopharmacology 15 (1969), S. 144-152 
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    Keywords: Niacin ; Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide ; Schizophrenia ; Phenothiazines ; Psychopharmacology
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    Notes: Summary Two grams of NAD were administered orally to ten chronic schizophrenic patients for twenty-one days. Five of the patients were also receiving thioridazine. There was no gross clinical improvement noted in any of the patients despite the fact that related experiments suggested that the NAD was absorbed. In those patients who were not also receiving phenothiazines there was a distinct tendency towards increased hostility, aggressiveness and irritability beginning one week after the initiation of NAD treatment and lasting for nearly two weeks after the NAD was discontinued.
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    Psychopharmacology 14 (1969), S. 221-232 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Animal Behaviour ; Nicotine ; Punishment
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    Notes: Summary The effects of nicotine, amphetamine, chlordiazepoxide and caffeine were studied in rats trained on a VI 2 crf schedule of water reward with all rewards accompanied by electric shock. Responding, partially suppressed by the shock, was restored by chlordiazepoxide and further suppressed by amphetamine. Nicotine resembled amphetamine in its effects on most rats but occasionally increased responding. Caffeine also increased responding in some rats indicating that this property is not always confined to tranquillising drugs.
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    Keywords: Benzodiazepines ; Psychopharmacology ; Antianxiety ; Drug Tolerance
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    Notes: Summary Oxazepam has two opposing actions on behavior: a responsedecreasing or depressant action and a response-increasing or disinhibitory action. The course of the two actions in chronic dosing was determined in rats in a test in which punished and unpunished schedules of reinforcement were alternated. The depressant action (measured by a decrease in the rate of unpunished behavior) was observed to undergo tolerance after 3–4 doses, while the disinhibitory action (measured by an increase in the rate of punished behavior) failed to show tolerance and even increased throughout the chronic series. The selective tolerance of the depressant action is probably due to neuronal adaptation, but changes in metabolism also may be involved. The increase in the rate of punished behavior is attributed, at least in part, to a progressive unmasking of the disinhibitory action as tolerance to the depressive action develops.
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    Psychopharmacology 13 (1968), S. 118-128 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Diagnosis ; Sampling Studies ; Statistics
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Theoretical models for sample selection by diagnosis using one, one-out-of-two, two, two-out-of-three, and three concurring opinions are illustrated. These models are then applied to two categories, schizophrenia and depressive disorders, for an actual sample of patients diagnosed by multiple observers. The conclusion is reached that sample selection by a single opinion is not sufficiently reliable for research studies. The choice of alternative methods of selection depends on the needs of a particular study. Samples chosen on the basis of two-out-of-three concurring opinions provide the least total error. When erroneous inclusions are particularly undesirable, higher degrees of consensus—e.g. agreeing pairs or triplets—are necessary.
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    Psychopharmacology 13 (1968), S. 129-139 
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    Keywords: Electroencephalography ; Psychopharmacology ; Imipramine ; Amphetamine ; Physostigmine
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    Notes: Summary The results of the interaction of imipramine, physostigmine and d/l amphetamine in various intravenously administered dosages were studied on the cortical and subcortical electrical activity of cats. Imipramine was shown to cause a cortical synchronization, hippocampal desynchronization, rise in the threshold of electrocortical arousal and limbic convulsive activity which was potentiated by amphetamine. Imipramine increased the amount of physostigmine, but decreased the amount of amphetamine needed for cortical desynchronization. The possible significance of these findings for the neuropsychopharmacological action of imipramine is briefly discussed.
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    Keywords: Indoleamine Metabolism ; Psychopharmacology ; Antidepressive Drugs ; Amphetamine Derivatives (Chlorinated) ; Depression
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    Notes: Summary CMA (p-chloro-N-methylamphetamine) lowers the cerebral 5-HT concentration in test animals but has virtually no effect on the catecholamine concentrations. Moreover, this compound was found to behave in depressive patients like an antidepressive drug, not like a central stimulant of the amphetmine type. The study described was conducted in order to establish whether CMA influences the overall metabolism of indoleamines in man. Such an influence was clearly demonstrable. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that CMA releases 5-HT from its depots. It has not been explained why a considerable proportion of the released 5-HT is excreted unchanged and why the increase in 5-HIAA excretion is so small: the overall activity of MAO was found not to be inhibited. No indications of abnormal 5-HT degradation were found at this time. Patients with vital depressions who improved on CMA medication showed a lower 5-HIAA excretion before treatment than did patients who were refractory to CMA treatment. This is consistent with earlier observations. The possible cause of this phenomenon is discussed. Among the various possibilities considered, an abnormal 5-HT metabolism is regarded as the most plausible. Pertinent investigations are being continued.
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    Psychopharmacology 12 (1968), S. 384-399 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Tranquilizing Agents ; Chlordiazepoxide ; Frustration ; Animal Behavior
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    Notes: Summary This experiment investigated the possibility that chlordiazepoxide (CDP) has unique properties that account for state dependent learning, and prevention of conflict-induced behavior fixations. One group of rats were given a discrimination problem on a Lashley jumping stand, but on even days all responses were punished. Another group were treated the same way except than on even days all responses were rewarded. Each of these groups were subdivided, half of the Ss were given CDP on even days, the other half no drug. The results showed that punishment on even days for the response to be learned disrupted learning more than reward for responses that were to be avoided. CDP practically eliminated these disruptive effects and aided learning for the punishment group, but led to a slower rate of learning for the reward group. These findings confirmed the hypothesis that CDP attenuates the effects of negative incentives, and that this property accounts for the drug's cue value in discrimination learning and for its fixation prevention characteristics.
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    Psychopharmacology 12 (1968), S. 371-383 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Cholinergic Blocking Drugs ; Animal Behavior ; Scopolamine ; Conditioned Reflex
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    Notes: Summary Atropine or scopolamine improved conditioned avoidance behavior for most rats which performed poorly, in spite of extensive training, in a shuttle-box procedure. As previously reported, d-amphetamine also improved performance in many of these animals, but there was no particular relationship between a rat's responses to the cholinergic blocking agents and to d-amphetamine. The effect of any one of the 3 agents was, for the most part, reversible after the drug effect had dissipated. Physostigmine was quite potent in disrupting avoidance behavior in rats that performed well in the shuttle-box, even in animals that were overtrained. This impairment was antagonized by atropine or scopolamine, partly antagonized by d-amphetamine, and not antagonized by methyl atropine. Poor performers were found to be very sensitive to the disruptive effects of physostigmine, losing much of their escape behavior after relatively small doses. The results are interpreted as evidence for a central cholinergic system with inhibitory influences for modulating stimulus-response patterns. Under normal circumstances this inhibitory system probably functions in an integrated manner with the adrenergic mobilizing system for the central control of learned behavior. Centrally-active anticholinergic drugs of the muscarinic type appear to influence behavioral responses by inducing a response disinhibition.
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Electrophysiology ; Arousal ; Animal Behavior ; Brain Biogenic Amines
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the interactions of reserpine and the monoamine oxidase inhibitors, nialamide and isocarboxazid, in rabbits. EEG recordings were made from animals with acute and chronically implanted electrodes. Gross behavioral observations were made in freely moving rabbits and brain amine concentrations of norepinephrine and serotonin were also determined. Emphasis was placed on observing drug effects over periods of time ranging up to 13 days. Rabbits given isocarboxazid or nialamide alone exhibit a phenomenon rarely seen in the control animals, namely partial activation, an EEG pattern in which slow waves of high amplitude are maintained in the cortex while fast activity appears in subcortical structures. This effect was also observed in rabbits treated with nialamide and reserpine in combination. By appropriate dosage schedules in which reserpine was administered to animals pretreated with monoamine oxidase inhibitors it was possible to maintain extended periods of frank arousal or EEG activation over a period of several days. The absolute concentrations of brain amines bore little or no relationship to the EEG effects observed, however, increased ratios of serotonin to norepinephrine were observed in conjunction with EEG activation and signs of behavioral excitement.
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    Psychopharmacology 12 (1968), S. 414-423 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Barbiturates ; Phenothiazines ; Animal Behavior ; Motor Coordination
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    Notes: Summary The rotarod test of motor coordination in mice was modified by increasing the rotation speed every 30 sec until the animals fell off. This procedure yielded a stable, proficient level of performance within four brief trials; the approximately normal distribution of performance times provided an equivalent measure of either improvement or impairment caused by drugs and permitted the use of parametric statistical tests. A total of 240 mice were assigned to 20 different groups of 12 each, administered oral doses of placebo or different drugs, prior to trial 4. The use of a ratio score (performance time in trial 4 divided by the same animal's time in trial 3) provided a measure of drug-induced changes, controlling for individual differences among animals in over-all level of performance. Two phenothiazines (chlorpromazine and perphenazine) impaired performance at low doses, with a progressively greater decrement at increasing doses (4, 8, 16 mg/kg); 2 barbiturates (pentobarbital and amobarbital) showed an all-or-none effect, with no significant decrement at the lower doses (20 and 40 mg/kg) but almost complete incapacitation at the highest dose of 80 mg/kg. Performance superior to the placebo condition was found with the 2 lower doses of pentobarbital and with 3 d-amphet-amine doses (4, 8, 16 mg/kg). An analysis of individual differences gave evidence that the animals which were inferior in prior performance were more susceptible to both improvement and impairment of performance under the influence of drugs.
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    Keywords: Central Nervous System ; Psychopharmacology ; DDT ; Parathion
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    Notes: Summary The offspring of female mice treated with 2.5 mg/kg DDT during the second or third trimester of pregnancy showed a delayed acquisition of the conditioned avoidance response. If DDT was given in the first trimester, or if 3 mg/kg of Parathion was given during the pregnancy, no effect on the conditioned avoidance response of the off-spring was seen.
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    Psychopharmacology 12 (1968), S. 428-432 
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    Keywords: Ganglia, Basal ; Psychopharmacology ; Chlorpromazine ; Amphetamine ; Dopamine
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    Notes: Summary In rats micro-injections in corpus striatum of quaternary chlorpromazine and related drugs give rise to highly characteristic neuroleptic effects: antagonism of amphetamine-induced stereotyped behaviour and development of catalepsy. There is no effect of injections in hippocampus or septum. Dopaminergic mechanisms in corpus striatum seem to play a central role in neuroleptic action.
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    Psychopharmacology 13 (1968), S. 161-169 
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    Keywords: Sleep-wakefulness Cycle ; Amphetamine ; Psychopharmacology ; Growing Animals ; Electrencephalography
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    Notes: Summary 1. The effects of amphetamine on the sleep-wakefulness cycle were studied in 48 kittens during the growth period of 1–28 days of age. Recordings of EEG, EMG of the posterior neck muscles and respiratory rhythms were made as well as observations of gross behavior. 2. Percent time of wakefulness was increased with amphetamine (0.3 mg/kg). This effect became more marked with age, i.e., being more significant after 16 to 18 days of age (P〈0.005) than before (P〈0.05). These increases in the intensity of the effect during growth may be related to the postnatal development of the structures responsible for wakefulness. 3. Percent time of “activated” sleep was diminished significantly at all ages including the newborns (P〈0.005). This lack of the influence of age suggests that the structures responsible for “activated” sleep are well developed at birth. 4. The increase of percent time of slow wave sleep was observed. This increase is regarded as a “passive” manifestation of time left available after a severe diminution of “activated” sleep time and relatively slight increase of wakefulness time during amphetamine medication.
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    Psychopharmacology 13 (1968), S. 210-221 
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    Keywords: Psychopharmacology ; Animal Behaviour ; Nicotine ; Physostigmine ; Motor Activity
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    Notes: Summary Rats of 3 strains were observed at regular intervals and their activity was recorded using four categories of behaviour-rearing, moving, grooming and immobile. Strain differences in control activity were found. Nicotine and physostigmine reduced the activity of the more active rats and increased that of the less active animals. Rearing behaviour was particularly susceptible to depression by both drugs. The similarity of effect of the two drugs supports the hypothesis that one of the actions of nicotine in the brain is the release of acetylcholine.
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    Psychopharmacology 13 (1968), S. 287-298 
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    Keywords: Motion Pictures ; Motor Skills ; Eye Movements ; Psychopharmacology ; Psychological Tests
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    Notes: Summary Measures of skilled motor performances, both of a task-oriented (tests of eye-hand coordination) and incidental (control of facial and ocular muscles) nature were recorded for a sample of 20 healthy young adults before and after single administrations of perphenazine, opipramol, imipramine and placebo at doselevels commonly supposed to produce mood or behavioral effects. It was anticipated that such performances would be sensitive even to slight changes in the subjects' physiological and psychological state; the aim was to test the power of tests of subtle skills in providing indices of slight to moderate behavioral effects. The performance measures remained surprisingly little affected by all drugs, despite their sensitivity to drug-independent improvement in performance throughout the experimental day, and despite evidences of drug-related effects, especially for imipramine and opipramol, in simple objective physiological measures, and for imipramine alone in subjective measures taken concurrently. There may be a class of skilled sensory-motor acts, particularly those related to well-learned daily activities, which, rather than being vulnerable to adverse effect, remain efficient even in the presence of signs of disturbance of bodily function.
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    Keywords: Cannabis ; Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ; Mescaline ; Hallucinogens ; Psychopharmacology
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    Notes: Summary Using climbing rope and bar-pressing behavior methods, rats were rendered tolerant to Δ 9-THC, cannabis extract, mescaline and LSD-25. Cross-tolerance experiments showed that rats refractory to Δ 9-THC and cannabis extract were still sensitive to mescaline and LSD-25, and vice-versa. These results suggest that, in spite of the similarity of the clinical symptoms produced in man by the 3 drugs, Δ 9-THC may have its psychotomimetic effects produced by different mechanisms from those of LSD-25 and mescaline.
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    Diabetologia 3 (1967), S. 74-84 
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    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese Hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Insulin in Plasma ; Insulin in pancreas ; Pancreas ; Free fatty acids ; Detection of diabetes ; Muscle metabolism ; Adipose tissue metabolism ; Liver glycogen
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Nous avons dépisté le diabète chez le hamster chinois par des dosages qualitatifs de la glucosurie. Nous avons ensuite caractérisé chaque cas par la mesure quantitative du glucose urinaire, par des surcharges au glucose et par le dosage de la glycémie à jeun et non à jeun, des corps cétoniques, des acides gras libres (AGL) plasmatiques, de l'insuline plasmatique et pancréatique, et des taux hépatiques de glycogène. En outre, nous avons mesuré l'utilisation du glucose par le diaphragme et le tissu adipeux épididymaire, avec et sans stimulation par l'insuline. Les animaux nécessitant l'administration d'insuline ont reçu leur dernière injection au moins 24 heures avant chaque étude. Les taux de glucose dans l'urine ont varié entre 51 et 1600 mg par 24 heures. Le test de surcharge au glucose s'est révélé nettement anormal chez les animaux diabétiques, la surcharge étant de 250 mg de glucose par kg de poids. Chez les diabétiques, la glycémie après surcharge est fortement variable, contrairement à l'uniformité de la réponse observée chez les non-diabétiques. Le glycogène hépatique à jeun est de 3, 1±1,0% pour les diabétiques, et de 0,4±0,7% de poids frais d'organes pour les non-diabétiques. Les taux plasmatiques des AGL et des corps cétoniques sont manifestement élevés chez les hamsters chinois diabétiques et cétosiques alors que le contenu en insuline du plasma et du pancréas est abaissé de façon marquée. Ceci n'a pas été observé chez les diabétiques moins sévères qui se rapprochent des non-diabétiques. Les AGL plasmatiques sont élevés chez tous les hamsters chinois (moyenne pour les non-diabétiques 1800μE/l, pour les diabétiques sévères 2800μE/l) Les taux d'AGL sont les mêmes à jeun et non à jeun chez les animaux non-diabétiques ou souffrant d'un diabète léger. L'utilisation du glucose par le muscle et le tissu adipeux du hamster diabétique ne diffère pas significativement de celle des tissus non-diabétiques et leur stimulation par l'insuline est semblable. L'insuline immunoréactive des hamsters traités à l'insuline reste élevée dans le plasma pendant plus de 26 jours après la dernière injection. — Ces observations semblent indiquer que le pancréas des hamsters chinois diabétiques sécrète plus difficilement de l'insuline en réponse à une stimulation par le glucose. Les taux normaux d'insuline plasmatique chez les hamsters avec un diabète léger, mais présentant pourtant une nette glucosurie, une hyperglycémie et une réponse anormale à la surcharge en glucose, suggèrent l'existence d'une interférence avec l'action normale de l'insuline et peut-être une augmentation de la production de glucose par le foie.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Beim chinesischen Hamster wurde der Diabetes durch qualitative Urinuntersuchungen auf Glucose aufgespürt. Es wurde dann jeder Fall näher charakterisiert durch quantitative Uringlucosebestimmungen, Glucosebelastungsproben und Messungen von Nüchtern- und Nichtnüchternwerten für Blutzucker, Blutketonkörper, freie Fettsäuren (FFS) und Insulin im Plasma, von Insulin im Pankreas, und von Nüchternwerten für Leberglykogen. Außerdem wurde der Glucoseverbrauch des Zwerchfells und des epididymalen Fettgewebes sowie mit, als auch ohne Insulin gemessen. Diejenigen Tiere, die Insulin erforderten, erhielten ihre letzte Injektion 24 Stunden vor dem Versuch. Glucosurie schwankte zwischen 51 und 1600 mg/24 Std. Bei einer Belastung von 250 mg/kg wiesen die diabetischen Tiere eine wesentlich verminderte Glucosetoleranz auf. Sie sprachen sehr unterschiedlich auf die Glucosebelastung an, während die nichtdiabetischen Tiere in ihrer Reaktion einheitlich waren. — Im Vergleich zu den nichtdiabetischen Hamstern, wo die Mittelwerte für Nüchternleberglykogen bei 0.4±0.7 Prozent des Frischlebergewichtes lagen, hatten die diabetischen Tiere einen Glykogengehalt der Leber von 3.1±1.0 Prozent. — Chinesische Hamster mit schwerem Diabetes haben deutlich erhöhte FFS-Werte und Ketonkörper, sowie einen wesentlich niedrigeren Plasma- und Pankreasinsulinspiegel. Bei Tieren mit leichter Diabetes hingegen sind diese Untersuchungen, im Vergleich zu den Kontrolltieren, unverändert. Alle chinesischen Hamster haben hohe Plasma-FFS-Werte (nichtdiabetische 1800μE/L, schwer diabetische 2800μE/L). Nüchtern- und Nichtnüchternwerte für FSS sind beim leicht diabetischen oder gesunden Tier etwa gleich hoch. Der Glucoseabbau durch Muskel- und Fettgewebe des diabetischen und nichtdiabetischen Hamsters unterscheidet sich nicht sehr, und beide Gruppen sprechen ungefähr gleich stark auf Insulinstimulierung an. Das im Plasma der insulinbehandelten Tiere vorkommende immunreaktive Insulin ist noch 26 Tage nach der letzten Injektion nachweisbar. — Diese Ergebnisse lassen vermuten, daß der Pankreas des diabetischen Hamsters nur schwerlich in der Lage ist, nach einer Glucosestimulierung Insulin auszuschütten. Die Beobachtung, daß der Plasma-Insulinspiegel im leichten Diabetes normal ist, diese Tiere jedoch Glucosurie, Hyperglykämie und abnormale Glucosetoleranz aufweisen, führt zu der Annahme, daß ein leichter Diabetes beim chinesischen Hamster eine Beeinträchtigung der Insulinwirkung mit sich bringen, und Ursache einer vermehrten Glucoseproduktion durch die Leber sein kann.
    Notes: Summary Diabetes in Chinese hamster was initially detected by qualitative tests for urine glucose. The disease was characterized by quantitating urine glucose, glucose tolerance tests and measurement of fasting and nonfasting blood sugar, blood ketones, plasma free fatty acids (FFA), plasma insulin, pancreatic insulin and fasting levels of liver glycogen. In addition, basal levels of glucose utilization by diaphragms and epididymal adipose tissue and the response of these tissues to insulin was measured. Those animals requiring insulin received their last injection 24 hours prior to study. Glucosuria varied from 51 to 1600 mg/24 hours. Diabetics had significantly decreased tolerance to a 250 mg/kg glucose load. The response varied considerably in diabetics but was uniform in the nondiabetics. Diabetics had mean fasting liver glycogen levels of 3.1±1.0 compared with 0.4± 0.7 percent of fresh liver weight for nondiabetics. Severely ketotic, diabetic Chinese hamsters had significantly elevated FFA and ketone levels and significantly lower plasma and pancreatic insulin levels but mild diabetics did not differ from controls with respect to these parameters. All Chinese hamsters had high plasma FFA levels (nondiabetics 1800μE/l, severe diabetics 2800μE/l. Fasting and nonfasting FFA levels did not differ in mild diabetic and nondiabetic animals. Muscle and adipose tissues from diabetic hamsters had basal rates similar to nondiabetics and had similar responses to insulin. Hamsters maintained on insulin had greatly elevated immunoreactive insulin levels in their plasma, which persisted for 26 days. — The data suggest that severely diabetic hamsters may have a decreased ability of the pancreas to secrete insulin in response to a glucose stimulus. The observations that plasma insulin levels are normal in mild diabetics but that these animals have glucosuria, hyperglycemia and abnormal glucose tolerance suggest that mild diabetes in the Chinese hamster may involve interference with insulin action and/or increased hepatic glucose output.
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    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Pancreas in vitro ; Insulin secretion in vitro ; Insulin secretion in diabetes ; Prediabetes ; Preclinical diabetes ; Antibodies to insulin
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Nous avons mesuré la sécrétion d'insuline du tissu pancréatiquein vitro en présence de glucose chez 22 hamsters chinois normaux, 6 diabétiques et 8 ayant montré une glucosurie intermittente. Les valeurs obtenues ont été comparées avec l'hyperglycémie et l'insulinémie de ces mêmes animaux avant leur mort. Nous avons observé que la sécrétion insuliniquein vitro était proportionnelle au contenu en insuline du pancréas et au quotient de l'insulinémie divisée par le glucose plasmatique indépendamment de l'état métabolique de l'animal. Pourtant, la sécrétion insuliniquein vitro la plus basse a été observée chez les animaux diabétiques, et la plus élevée chez ceux qui avaient présenté une glucosurie intermittente. La relation possible de ces observations avec les théories actuelles du »pré-diabète« est discutée.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die durch Glucose stimulierte Insulinsekretion wurdein vitro am Pankreasgewebe chinesischer Hamster gemessen und mit den Glucose- und Insulin-Plasmaspiegeln derselben Tierein vivo, sowie mit der Granulierung derer Inselzellen (22 normale, 6 diabetische und 8 zeitweise glykosurischer chinesischer Hamster) verglichen. Es bestand eine direkte Korrelation zwischen Insulinsekretion und Insulingehalt des Pankreas, sowie mit dem Verhältnis Insulin/Glucose im Plasma, ohne Rücksicht auf den Stoffwechsel-Zustand der Tiere. Die niedrigsten Werte wurden allerdings bei den diabetischen Tieren, und die höchstens bei denjenigen mit zeitweiser Glykosurie beobachtet. Die Bedeutung dieser Resultate in bezug auf bestehende Theorien des „Pre Diabetes“ wird diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Insulin secretion by pancreatic tissuein vitro in response to glucose was related to plasma glucose and plasma insulin levels during life, and to the degree of granulation of the islets of Langerhans in 22 normal, 6 diabetic and 8 intermittently glycosuric Chinese Hamsters. Secretion was directly related to the insulin content of the pancreas and to the ratio of insulin to glucose in plasma, irrespective of the metabolic state of the animal, but was lowest in diabetic animals and highest in those with intermittent glycosuria. The relevance of these findings to current theories concerning “prediabetes” is discussed.
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    Diabetologia 3 (1967), S. 115-123 
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    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Liver in vitro ; Diaphragm in vitro ; Heart in vitro ; Kidney in vitro ; Adipose tissue in vitro ; Glucose metabolism in vitro ; Pyruvate metabolism ; Bicarbonate metabolism ; Microangiopathy ; Prediabetes
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Nous avons étudié le foie, le diaphragme, le coeur, le rein et le tissu adipeux de 5 hamsters chinois avec diabète plus ou moins sévère, en incubant ce tissuin vitro avec du glucose uniformément marqué au14C, ou marqué en positions 1-, 2-, ou 6-, avec du pyruvate-2-14C, ou avec du bicarbonate-14C, diversement combinés. Nous avons également examiné au microscope électronique le pancréas et le rein de ces animaux. Nous n'avons pas trouvé d'indication histologique d'hypertrophie des îlots pancréatiques, le contenu en insuline du pancréas étant diminué et l'insuline plasmatique relativement diminuée également. Nous n'avons pas non plus trouvé régulièrement une microangiopathie des capillaires des îlots. Lefoie de hamsters diabétiques de type sévère ou léger incorpore moins les carbones du glucose et du pyruvate dans le CO2, le glycogène et les acides gras. De même, lemuscle des animaux avec un diabète sévère oxyde moins de glucose en CO2. Par contre, letissu adipeux des animaux diabétiques ne se distingue pas de celui d'animaux normaux, peut-être à l'exception d'une diminution d'activité du cycle des pentoses. Letissu rénal des hamsters diabétiques incorpore moins de carbbone-2 du pyruvate dans le CO2, mais son comportement est par ailleurs normal. Une réponse à l'insuline a été observéein vitro tant pour le muscle que pour le tissu adipeux, alors que les concentrations d'insuline employées étaient élevées. Malgré le petit nombre de hamsters étudiés, il est permis de conclure que ces altérations sont comparables à celles déjà observées chez des rats souffrant d'une carence insulinique chronique expérimentale. Bien qu'il ne soit pas possible d'exclure qu'il y ait eu une première phase transitoire et non détectée, caractérisée par une hypersécrétion insulinique, nous pensons plutôt que nos observations dans ce petit groupe d'animaux diabétiques sont apparentées à celles faites préalablement chez des rats avec déficience chronique en insuline induite expérimentalement.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Leber, Zwerchfell, Herz, Niere und Fettgewebe von 5 chinesischen Hamstern mit Diabetes verschiedenen Schweregrades wurdenin vitro inkubiert. Glucose-U, 1-, 2-, oder 6-14C, Pyruvat-2-14C und Bicarbonat-14C wurden in verschiedenen Kombinationen als Substrat verwandt. Pankreas und Niere wurden elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Eine Hypertrohpie der Pankreasinseln war histologisch nicht nachweisbar. Extrahierbares Insulin war vermindert und Plasma-Insulinwerte verhältnismäßig niedrig. Eine regelmäßige Mikroangiopathie der Inselkapillaren konnte nicht beobachtet werden. Sowohl die leicht- als auch die schwer-diabetischen Hamster zeigten einen verminderten Einbau von Glucose- sowie von Pyruvat-Kohlenstoff in CO2, Glykogen und Fettsäuren durch dieLeber. Eine herabgesetzte Oxydation von Glucose zu CO2 durch denMuskel war zumindest in schwer-diabetischen Tieren nachweisbar. Der Stoffwechsel desFettgewebes war durch den Diabetes nicht beeinflußt; die Aktivität des Pentosezyklus war möglicherweise herabgesetzt. DasNierengewebe des diabetischen Hamsters zeigte einen geringeren Einbau vom C-2 des Pyruvats in CO2, jedoch konnten sonst keine biochemischen Veränderungen festgestellt werden. Muskel- und Fettegewebe sprachen imin vitro Versuch auf relativ hohe Insulinkonzentrationen gut an. Die Resultate, die wir aus den Untersuchungen einer begrenzten Anzahl von Hamstern erhielten, entsprechen somit früheren Beobachtungen bei Ratten mit experimentell bedingtem chronischen Insulinmangel. Es besteht allerdings die Möglickeit, daß uns eine vorübergehende frühere Phase mit Hypersekretion von Insulin unbemerkt entging.
    Notes: Summary Liver, diaphragm, heart, kidney, and adipose tissue of five Chinese hamsters with diabetes of varying severity have been studied by incubationin vitro with glucose-U-, 1-, 2-, or 6-14C, pyruvate-2-14C, and bicarbonate-14C in various combinations. The pancreas and kidney were examined by electron microscopy. There was no histologic evidence of hypertrophy of the pancreatic islets; extractable insulin was reduced, and plasma insulin was relatively reduced. There was no consistent microangiopathy of insular capillaries. Both the mild and severely diabetic hamsters had a reduction in the incorporation of the carbons of glucose and of pyruvate into CO2, glycogen, and fatty acids in theliver, and, at least in severely diabetic animals, of oxidation of glucose to CO2 in muscle. There was no change consequent to diabetes in the metabolism ofadipose tissue, except for a possible decrease in pentose cycle activity. Thekidneys of the diabetic hamsters had less incorporation of carbon-2 of pyruvate into CO2, but otherwise no biochemical changes were evident. Both muscle and adipose tissue were responsivein vitro to insulin when tested with greater physiologic amounts. While the possibility cannot be excluded that a transient earlier phase with hypersecretion of insulin escaped detection, the changes in this limited number of diabetic hamsters parallel those previously found in rats with experimental chronic deficiency of insulin.
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    Diabetologia 3 (1967), S. 135-139 
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    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Sand rat ; Psammomys obesus ; Insulin in serum ; Insulin in pancreas ; Insulin resistance ; Adipose tissue in vitro ; Obesity ; Diet and diabetes ; Fasting
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Nous avons induit par modification du régime chez le rat des sables égyptien un syndrome diabétique plus modéré que celui décrit dans la précédente communication (Miki et al., 1966). Maintenus à un régime végétal pendant une longue période après leur capture, la teneur en insuline du pancréas de ces animaux augmente de façon significative. Par contre, lorsqu'ils sont soumis au régime standard de laboratoire (granuléscomprimés) une hyperglycémie de degré variable s'installe chez environ un tiers des jeunes rats. L'hyperinsulinémie s'est révélée être encore plus élevée chez ces animaux que chez ceux décrits antérieurement et elle persiste même après un retour à la normale de la glycémie au cours du jeûne. Chez les rats hyperglycémiques, le contenu du pancréas en insuline diminue. Le rôle possible de la résistance du tissu adipeux à l'action de l'insuline dans la pathogénèse de ce syndrome est discuté.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Eine mildere Form von diätinduziertem diabetischen Syndrom in der Ägyptischen Sandratte wird beschrieben. In Sandratten, die für längere Zeit nach der Gefangennahme mit Gemüse gefüttert worden waren, war der Pankreasinsulingehalt stark erhöht, der Blutzucker aber normal. Ein Drittel der jungen Tiere, hingegen, die mit Labor-Keks gefüttert wurden, entwickelte Hyperglykämie verschiedenen Grades. Hyperinsulinämie war sogar noch stärker ausgeprägt, als in der vorher beschriebenen Gruppe (Miki et al., 1966) und dauerte selbst dann an, wenn der Blutzucker durch Fasten auf normale Werte zurückgebracht wurde. Der Pankreasinsulingehalt hyperglykämischer Sandratten war gegenüber der Norm erniedrigt. Die Insulinempfindlichkeit des Fettgewebes wird im Zusammenhang mit der Pathogenese diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Compared with our previous report, a milder form of diabetic syndrome induced by diet in Egyptian sand rats is described. In sand rats fed vegetables for a prolonged period after capture, pancreatic insulin content was significantly increased. When fed chow, one-third of young animals developed hyperglycemia to a variable degree. Hyperinsulinemia was even more marked than in the previously reported group (Miki et al., 1966) and persisted even when the blood glucose returned to normal following fasting. Pancreatic insulin content was decreased in hyperglycemic sand rats. Insulin refractoriness of adipose tissue was discussed in relation to the pathogenesis.
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Ultrastructure ; Pancreas ; Beta cells ; Islets ; Alpha cells ; Nerve endings in pancreas ; Glycogen ; Basement membrane ; Capillaries
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Nous avons examiné au microscope électronique les îlots de Langerhans de 15 hamsters chinois dont 7 étaient diabétiques et 8 étaient non-diabétiques, provenant soit des mêmes nichées, soit sans lien de parenté, mais concordant quant au sexe et à l'âge. Chez les animaux de contrôle, les cellulesβ prédominent et sont riches en granules, formés de vésicules de différentes tailles avec un contenu légèrement granulaire ou homogène. Dans de rares vésicules, on observe un noyau dense ou une barre centrale irrégulière et dense. Les granulations des cellulesα sont uniformément rondes, très denses et limitées par des membranes; elles sont assez clairsemées à l'exception de la périphérie des îlots. Au début du diabète, les cellulesβ sont abondantes mais, soit dégranulées, soit en voie d'infiltration glycogénique. Plus tardivement dans la maladie, les îlots ne contiennent presque que des cellulesα, les cellulesβ ayant graduellement disparu.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Langerhans'schen Inseln von 15 chinesischen Hamstern (7 diabetischen und 8 entweder verwandten oder nicht verwandten Kontrolltieren gleichen Geschlechts und Alters) wurden elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. In den Kontrolltieren überwiegen dieβ-Zellen die reich an Granula sind. Die meisten davon sind Bläschen verschiedener Größe mit einem blassen, körnigen oder homogenen Inhalt. Nur einige weisen einen dichten zentralen Kern auf oder einen unregelmäßigen dichten zentralgelegenen Stab. Dieα-Zellen haben einheitlich runde und dichte, durch eine Membrane begrenzte Granula und sind spärlich verteilt, außer an der Peripherie der Inseln. Im frühen Diabetes mellitus sind dieβ-Zellen in großer Zahl vorhanden aber erscheinen entweder degranuliert oder in verschiedenen Phasen der Glykogenablagerung. In späteren Stadien der Krankheit, als Folge des allmählichen Verschwindens derβ-Zellen, bestehen die Inseln fast nur noch ausα-Zellen.
    Notes: Summary Islets of Langerhans of 15 Chinese hamsters (7 diabetic and 8 either related or unrelated controls of the same sex and age) have been examined by electron microscopy. Beta cells of control animals predominate and have abundant granules most of which are vesicles of varying sizes with a pale granular or homogeneous content. Only a few have a dense central core or irregular dense central bar. Alpha cells have uniformly round, dense, membrane-limited granules and are sparse except at the periphery of the islet. Early in diabetes mellitus beta cells are abundant but either agranular or in various stages of glycogen storage. Late in the disease the islets are reduced to almost all alpha cells, the beta cells having gradually disappeared.
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    Diabetologia 3 (1967), S. 65-73 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Retina anomalies ; Testicular function ; Free fatty acids ; Glycoproteins ; Mucopolysaccharides
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Plusieurs chercheurs ont utilisé les hamsters chinois de notre colonie pour leurs observations expérimentales et nous rapportons ici les résultats de plusieurs études. — Le groupe du Dr. H.R.Hautsler, initiateur de la colonie à Toronto, a étudié les altérations de la rétine chez les animaux présentant un diabète spontané ou un diabète de type métahypophysaire résultant de l'injection d'hormone de croissance et de cortisone. Des anévrismes artériolaires et capillaires sont observés chez quelque 30% des animaux avec diabète métahypophysaire, mais sporadiquement seulement chez les hamsters avec diabète spontané. — Le groupe du Dr. K.Schöffling a étudié les biopsies du tissu testiculaire. Proportionnellement à la gravité du diabète, on trouve chez les hamsters présentant un diabète spontané une inhibition de la spermatogénèse, avec réduction de lépaisseur de l'epithélium germmal et élargissement de la lumière des tubules séminifères. Les cellules de Leydig sont également réduites en nombre. L'apparence histologique ressemble à celle du tissu testiculaire de diabétiques humains. — Le groupe du Dr. J.Campbell a mesuré les taux d'acides gras libres (AGL) du sérum de hamsters chinois non-diabétiques. Ceux-ci dépassant de 4 à 9 fois (3 à 5 mEq/l) les taux observés chez le chien, le rat ou l'homme, des taux semblables ayant pourtant été mesurés chez le hamster doré. Le tissu adipeux épididymaire de hamsters chinois ne diffère pas de celui du rat par son contenu en lipides, mais il libère davantage de AGL dans le milieu d'incubation. Les hamsters chinois non-glucosuriques sont sensibles à l'action diabétogène de la cortisone, mais non pas à celle de l'hormone de croissance de mouton. La cortisone s'est montrée très active quant à son action hyperglycémique, accompagnée d'une élévation des taux d'insuline sérique et des taux d'AGL. — Dans notre propre laboratoire, nous avons mesuré les concentrations en glycoprotéines du plasma et le contenu en mucopolysaccharides de la peau de hamsters non-diabétiques, avec glycosurie intermittente, ou franchement diabétiques. Nous n'avons pas observé, de différences entre ces trois groupes d'animaux quant au profil immuno-électrophorétique, ou la concentration en composantes hydrocarbonées des protéines plasmatiques. La substance basale de la peau de hamster diabétique contient davantage de mucopolysaccharides que celle des animaux non-diabétiques du même âge. C'est ainsi que le contenu en acides uroniques de la peau d'un groupe de hamsters, avec un sucre sanguin à jeun de 60 mg% en moyenne, était de 579 μg par g de tissu sec, alors qu'il était de de 882μg pour un groupe d'animaux avec un sucre sanguin à jeun de 107 mg% en moyenne.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Mehrere Forscher haben mit Tieren aus unserer Kolonie gearbeitet, und dieser Bericht betrifft eine Reihe von verschiedenen Resultaten. — Dr. H.R.Hausler und Mitarbeiter haben die Kolonie in Toronto begonnen und sich hauptsächlich mit Veränderungen in der Retina von spontandiabetischen Tieren befaßt. Sie haben ebenfalls Beobachtungen gemacht bei Tieren mit Diabetes von metahypophysärem Typ, also nach Injektion von Somatotropin und Cortison. Aneurysmata der Arteriolen und Kapillaren wurden in etwa 30% der Tiere mit metahypophysärem Diabetes beobachtet, nur vereinzelt aber bei spontandiabetischen Hamstern. — Dr. K.Schöffling und Mitarbeiter haben die Veränderungen in Hodenbiopsien geprüft. In direktem Zusammenhang mit der Schwere des Diabetes findet man bei spontandiabetischen Hamstern verschieden ausgeprägte Hinweise auf inhibierte Spermatogenese, mit Verminderung der Zellzahl des germinalen Epitheliums und Erweiterung der Lumina der Tubuli seminiferi. Auch die Zahl der Leydig-Zellen ist vermindert, und das histologische Bild ist allgemein demjenigen beim Diabetiker ähnlich. — Dr. J.Campbell und Mitarbeiter haben bei nicht-diabetischen chinesischen Hamstern freie Fettsäuren (FFS) gemessen und haben beobachtet, daß deren Konzentration im Serum 4 bis 9 mal höher liegt (3 bis 5 mVa/l) als beim Hund, bei der Ratte und beim Menschen. Ähnlich erhöhte Werte findet man aber auch beim Goldhamster. Epididymales Fettgewebe von Ratten und chinesischen Hamstern enthielt etwa gleich viel Fett, aber das Fettgewebe chinesischer Hamster mobilisiertein vitro mehr FFS. Bei nichtdiabetischen Hamstern war Cortison diabetogen, nicht aber Somatotropin vom Schaf. Die Verabreichung von Cortison führte zu erhöhten Zuckerwerten, zu erhöhtem Seruminsulin und zu sehr hohen FFS-Konzentrationen. — In unserem eigenen Laboratorium haben wir den Gehalt an Glucoproteinen im Plasma und an Mucopolysacchariden in der Haut bestimmt, und zwar in nicht-diabetischen, in nur zeitweise glucosurischen, und in klinisch deutlich diabetischen Hamstern. Zwischen diesen drei Gruppen von Tieren ließen sich keine Unterschiede bezüglich auf immunoelektrophoretische Verteilung oder auf Zuckergehalt einzelner Komponenten der Plasmabestandteile nachweisen. Die Haut diabetischer Hamster enthielt aber mehr Mucopolysaccharide als diejenige nicht-diabetischer Hamster gleichen Alters. Hamster, deren Nüchternblutzuckerwerte bei 60mg% lagen, wiesen einen Uronsäuregehalt von 579 μg per g Trockengewebe auf, während der entsprechende Wert bei Tieren mit durchschnittlich 107 mg% Blutzuckernüchternwert 822μg war.
    Notes: Summary Several investigators have used Chinese hamsters from our colony for experimental work, and results of various studies are reported. — The group of Dr. H.R.Hausler, who initiated the colony in Toronto, studied retinal changes in spontaneously diabetic animals and also in hamsters with the metahypophyseal type of diabetes, following serial injections of growth hormone and cortisone. Arteriolar and capillary aneurysms were found in about 30% of the animals with metahypophyseal diabetes, but only sporadically in spontaneously diabetic hamsters. — The group of Dr. K.Schöffling studied alterations of testicular tissue in biopsy material. Corresponding to the severity of the disease, spontaneously diabetic hamsters showed various degrees of inhibited spermatogenesis, resulting in a reduction of the thickness of the germinal epithelium and widening of the lumina of the seminiferous tubules. There was also a reduction in the number of Leydig cells. The overall histological picture resembled that of the testes of the diabetic human patient. — The group of Dr. J.Campbell measured concentrations of serum free fatty acids (FFA) in nondiabetic Chinese hamsters and found the levels 4 to 9 times higher (3 to 5mEq/l) than in dogs, rats and man, but similar to FFA levels of Syrian hamsters.Epididymal fat pads of rats and Chinese hamsters showed similar lipid contents, but the latter released more FFA into the incubation medium. Nonglycosuric hamsters were susceptible to the diabetogenic effect of cortisone, but not to ovine growth hormone. Cortisone was most effective in producing a high blood sugar and elevated serum insulin and FFA concentrations. — In our own laboratory, the concentration of glycoproteins in plasma and the mucopolysaccharide content of the skin were determined in nondiabetic, occasionally glycosuric and frankly diabetic hamsters. There was no difference amongst the three groups of animals with regard to either the immunoelectrophoretic pattern or the concentration of individual carbohydrate components of plasma proteins. Skins of diabetic hamsters contained more mucopolysaccharide in their ground substance than skins of nondiabetic animals of comparable age. Hamsters with a mean fasting blood sugar value of 60 mg% showed a uronic acid content of 579μg per g of dry tissue, whereas animals with a mean fasting blood sugar of 107 mg% had 822μg.
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  • 44
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Sand rat ; Psammomys obesus ; Insulin in plasma ; Insulin resistance ; Acetohexamide ; Diet and diabetes ; Nutrition and diabetes ; Obesity ; Pancreas ; Infections ; Adipose tissue in vitro
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Certaines caractéristiques particulières du rat des sables en font un animal d'expérience de grande valeur. L'augmentation des taux plasmatiques d'insuline et de glucose est liée chez lui à une augmentation de la prise de nourriture. Tout comme c'est le cas pour le diabète humain de type adulte, il semble y avoir participation d'un élément de résistance à l'insuline qui peut être mis en évidencein vitro par la sensibilité diminuée du tissu adipeux du rat des sables à l'insuline de porc. Il semblerait qu'un traitement prophylactique par l'acétphexamide exerce un effet protecteur contre l'effet diabétogène d'un régime riche en calories. — Il semble raisonnable de penser que le syndrome diabétique du rat du sable, si facilement provoqué par la modification du régime, pourrait s'avérer être un instrument de grande valeur dans l'étude des mécanismes pathogénétiques possibles du syndrome diabétique.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Sandratte verfügt über mehrere einmalige Eigenschaften, die aus ihr ein wertvolles Laboratoriumstier machen. Das häufige Auftreten von erhöhtem Plasma-Insulinspiegel und Hyperglykämie steht im Zusammenhang mit einer gesteigerten Nahrungsaufnahme. Wie im menschlichen Reife-Diabetes scheint auch hier eine Insulinresistenz aufzutreten, und diese istin vitro nachweisbar: das inkubierte Fettgewebe der Sandratte spricht auf eine Stimulierung mit steigenden Dosen von Schweineinsulin nur wenig an. Prophylaktische Behandlung mit Acetohexamid deutet auf eine Schutzwirkung gegen die diabetogenen Folgen einer kalorienreichen Diät. — Es ist zu erwarten, daß das diabetische Syndrom in der Sandratte, das so leicht durch Manipulationen der Diät erzeugt werden kann, ein nützliches Modell zur Untersuchung der möglichen Mechanismen der diabetischen Pathogenese darstellen wird.
    Notes: Summary The sand rat has some unique attributes, which make it a valuable experimental animal. The occurrence of increased plasma insulin levels and of hyperglycemia is linked to an increased food intake. As in the human maturity-onset type diabetes, there seems to be an element of insulin resistance, and this can be demonstratedin vitro by the relative unresponsiveness of sand rat adipose tissue to increasing doses of pork insulin. Prophylactic treatment with acetohexamide seems to have some protective effect against the diabetogenic results of a high calory diet. — It is expected that the diabetic syndrome in sand rats, which can be so easily induced by dietary manipulation, will be a valuable tool in helping to clarify some of the possible mechanisms in the syndrome of diabetes mellitus.
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    Diabetologia 3 (1967), S. 124-129 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Spontaneous diabetes ; Chinese hamster ; Cricetulus griseus ; Inheritance of diabetes ; Genetics of diabetes ; Polygenic system of inheritance
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé 1. Nous avons analysé les pedigrees et les estimations de glucosurie (Tes-Tape) de plus de 6000 hamsters chinois de la colonie du Best Institute à Toronto et de celle de la maison Upjohn à Kalamazoo. A Toronto, la distribution des estimations au Tes-Tape était de 23%+, de 6%++, 3%+++, et de 5%++++. L'incidence du diabète a augmenté durant les 11 premières générations de consanguinité, elle a légèrement diminué par la suite L'incidence du diabète est plus grande dans la colonie Upjohn, les nichées étant plus petites et le nombre des morts avant sevrage plus grand. Lorsqu'un ou deux parents sont diabétiques, 40% des rejetons ne survivent pas; 14% seulement, lorsque les deux parents ne sont pas diabétiques. Par rapport à tout autre type d'accouplement, les parents non-diabétiques donnent naissance à un nombre légèrement moindre de diabétiques et nettement moindre d'animaux à faible glucosurie. — 2. Nous concluons de ces données que le diabète du hamster chinois est héréditaire mais qu'aucun système simple de transmission n'est à même de cadrer avec elles. C'est pourquoi nous proposons un système composé d'un minimum de 4 gènes dont la coïncidence de deux en homozygocité récessive mène à un diabète patent. Le nombre des possibilités données par un système récessif quadruple associé à la moindre capacité de survie des diabétiques permet de prévoir que le croisement diabétique x diabétique ne produira des diabétiques qu'une fois sur 6. — 3. Les polygènes agissent sur divers systèmes physiologiques et non pas sur un gène diabétique »caché«. Le syndrome diabétique est le résultat de l'action de ces gènes sur la production d'enzymes, la prolifération des cellules, la perméabilité des membranes et le métabolisme de différents tissus. Aussi nous ne devrions pas nous attendre à ce que tous les hamsters diabétiques se ressemblent et soient caractérisés, par exemple, par une rétinopathie ou une hydronéphrose, mais une plus grande fréquence de manifestations semblables est probable pour chaque lignée.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung 1. Von über 6000 Hamstern der Kolonie des Best Instituts in Toronto und der Upjohn-Kolonie in Kalamazoo wurden die Stammbäume und Tes-Tape-Ergebnisse geprüft. Dabei ergab sich, daß in der Best'schen Kolonie mit Tes-Tape 23%+, 6%++, 3%+++ und 5%++++ reagierten. Während der ersten 11 Generationen Inzucht stieg das Vorkommen von Diabetes an und fiel danach leicht ab. In der Upjohn-Kolonie, wo das Auftreten von Diabetes häufiger war, waren die Würfe kleiner und die Sterbeziffer unter den noch nicht entwöhnten Jungen höher. Wenn einer oder beide Elternteile diabetisch waren, starben 40% der Jungen im Gegenteil zu 14% bei anderen Paaren. Normale Eltern hatten im allgemeinen weniger diabetische Junge, und die Zahl der Tiere, die nur Spuren Glucose im Urin aufwiesen, war wesentlich geringer als bei anderen Paarungstypen. — 2. Daraus wurde geschlossen, daß Diabetes beim chinesischen Hamster zwar erblich ist, daß die Ergebnisse aber nicht in ein einfaches Vererbungsschema einzugliedern sind. Es wird ein polygenetisches System vorgeschlagen, mit mindestens 4 Genen, von denen jeweils die Homozygotie von zwei Diabetes hervorruft. Wegen der Möglichkeiten, die sich aus den 4 rezessiven Genen ergeben, sowie wegen der geringeren Überlebenskraft der zu Diabetes Prädisponierten, erzeugt eine Paarung von 2 Diabetikern nur in einem Fall von sechs ebenfalls einen Diabetes. — 3. Die Polygene wirken auf verschiedene physiologische Systeme und nicht auf ein „ruhendes“ diabetisches Gen. Das diabetische Syndrom ist das Ergebnis der Wirkung dieser Gene auf Enzymproduktion. Zellwachstum, Membrandurchlässigkeit und allgemeinen Stoffwechsel in den verschiedenen Geweben. Daher ist nicht zu erwarten, daß alle diabetische Hamster Retinopathie oder Hydronephrose aufweisen, jedoch ist zu erwarten, daß die gleichen Erscheinungsmerkmale innerhalb eines Zuchtstammes gehäuft auftreten.
    Notes: Summary 1. The pedigrees and Tes-tape scores of over 6000 hamsters in the Best colony in Toronto and the Upjohn Colony in Kalamazoo were examined. It was found that the distribution of Tes-tape scores in the Best colony was 23%+, 6%++, 3%+++, and 5%++++. The incidence of diabetes rose for the first eleven generations of inbreeding then fell off slightly. In the Upjohn colony, which had a higher incidence of diabetes, the litter sizes were smaller and the pre-weaning deaths greater. When one or both of the parents were diabetic 40% of the young died as opposed to 14% for other matings. Non-diabetic parents produced slightly less diabetics and significantly less trace animals than did any other type of mating. — 2. It was concluded that diabetes is inherited but that no simple system of inheritance will fit the data. A polygenic system is postulated with a minimum of four genes any two of which when homozygus recessive will cause diabetes. Because of the variety of the quadruple recessive and the lower viability of diabetics, the mating diabetic x diabetic will breed true one mating in six. — 3. The polygenes act on various physiological systems and not on a “dormant” diabetic gene. The diabetic syndrome is the result of the action of these genes on enzyme production, cell proliferation, membrane permeability, and general metabolism, in various parts of the body. Thus one would not expect all diabetic hamsters to exhibit retinopathy or hydronephrosis, but one would expect predominantly the same manifestations within the same subline.
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