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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1975 Apr;193(1):11–22.

TABLE 8. Effect of TRH on locomotor activity and temperature after treatment with reserpine, chloral hydrate, chlorpromazine, diazepam, and phenobarbital.

Treatmenta Dose Motor Activity Rectal Temperature

mg/kg Counts/hr ± S.E.M °C ± S.E.M.
Reserpine 2.5 48 ± 27 33.3 ± 0.26
Reserpine + TRH 2.5 + 30 1610 ± 290b 38.3 ± 0.56b
Chloral hydrate 360.0 33 ± 8 31.4 ± 0.85
Chloral hydrate + TRH 360.0 + 30 608 ± 74b 33.1 ± 0.33
Chlorpromazine 6.0 91 ± 29 34.0 ± 0.56
Chlorpromazine + TRH 6.0 + 30 882 ± 96b 38.4 ± 0.26b
Diazepam 12.5 80 ± 16 35.2 ± 0.37
Diazepam + TRH 12.5 + 30 1131 ±479b 37.3 ± 0.42c
Phenobarbital 95.0 294 ± 143 35.9 ± 0.25
Phenobarbital + TRH 95.0 + 30 2634 ± 284b 38.0 ± 0.22b
a

All animals received 30 mg/kg of TRH after the various drugs. Details are described in “Methods.” Values in animals that did not receive TRH indicate base-line data after animals were injected with saline rather than TRH. Temperature was recorded in a separate group of mice 30 minutes after animals received TRH. Temperature in untreated control mice was 37.8 ± 0.19°C and with TRH was 38.5 ± 0.25°C (P < .01). Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M. of at least 10 mice.

b

P < .001 when compared with control.

c

P < .005 when compared with control.