The effects of a single or continued ECS treatment on food-, water intake, urine output and 17-ketosteroids excretion have been studied in Wistar King-A rats.
All measures in rats treated with the ECS initially showed a abrupted decrease followed by a return to normal and subsequently a increase in the post-treatment. Especially food intake correlated with concomitant changes of the weight, and total urinary excretion of 17-KS in the convulsed rat produced a supranormal rise in the period after the treatment.
These results will be discussed with respect to the possible mechanisms which ECS exerts its physiological endocrinic effects on adaptation to stressful conditions.
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