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. 1971 Sep;217(2):381–392. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1971.sp009577

Changes in body temperature of the unanaesthetized monkey produced by sodium and calcium ions perfused through the cerebral ventricles

R D Myers, W L Veale, T L Yaksh
PMCID: PMC1331783  PMID: 4999638

Abstract

1. In the unanaesthetized Rhesus monkey, solutions containing sodium, calcium, potassium or magnesium in excess of the normal concentration of extracellular fluid were perfused from a lateral to the fourth ventricle through chronically implanted cannulae.

2. Sodium (11·0-88·0 mM in excess of the physiological concentration) perfused through the ventricles, caused an immediate rise in body temperature which was accompanied by vasoconstriction, piloerection and shivering. The latency of the hyperthermia was related directly to the rate of perfusion and the concentration of sodium, whereas the magnitude of the response depended upon the concentration only. When the perfusion was terminated, shivering ceased and the temperature of the monkey returned to the base line level.

3. When calcium ions were perfused in concentrations 2·5-47·9 mM in excess of that of extracellular fluid, a fall in the temperature of the animal occurred. The magnitude of the decreases depended upon the concentration of calcium in the perfusion fluid. Vasodilatation, sedation and a reduction in withdrawal reflexes accompanied the calcium-induced hypothermia. After the perfusion ended, the temperature continued to fall until the monkey began to shiver and vasoconstriction was observed in many skin areas.

4. The perfusion through the cerebral ventricles with modified Krebs solution alone or with the Krebs solution which contained potassium or magnesium ions in concentrations five to ten times normal had virtually no effect on the temperature of the monkey.

5. Since the temperature of the monkey was unchanged as long as the physiological ratio of sodium to calcium in the perfusion fluid remained constant, we conclude that the balance between these two essential cations within the brain stem could determine the neural mechanism whereby the set-point for body temperature of the primate is established.

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