Gastric emptying of liquids in rats dehydrated by water deprivation

The gastric emptying of liquids was investigated in male Wistar rats (8 to 10 weeks old, 210-300 g) dehydrated by water deprivation. In this model of dehydration, weight loss, hematocrit and plasma density were significantly higher in the dehydrated animals than in the control groups after 48 and 72...

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Main Authors: E.C.E. Baracat, E.F. Collares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1997-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997001100017