LABORATORY:  ADRENALECTOMY

 

 

BODY WEIGHTS

 

Rats were weighed on the day of surgery (2/19/08) and on the final day of the experiment 17 days later (3/07/08).

 

Rat #

Birth Date

Treatment

Anesthetic

Body Weight (g)

Initial

Final

Change

1

12/09/07

Sham

Ketamine/

Xylazine

316

 344

+ 28

2

12/09/07

Adrenalectomy

Pentobarbital

307

327

+ 20

3

12/09/07

Adrenalectomy

Ket/Xyl

300

332

+ 32

4

12/09/07

Sham

Pentobarbital

310

347

+ 37

5

12/09/07

Sham

Pentobarbital

283

348

+ 65

6

12/09/07

Adrenalectomy

Ket/Xyl

311

332

+ 21

7

12/09/07

Adrenalectomy

Ket/Xyl

239

263

+ 24

8

12/09/07

Sham

Ket/Xyl

316

348

+ 32

9

12/11/07

Adrenalectomy

Pentobarbital

281

Dead

 

10

12/11/07

Sham

Ket/Xyl

279

321

+ 42

11

12/11/07

Sham

Pentobarbital

305

328

+ 23

12

12/11/07

Adrenalectomy

Pentobarbital

300

Dead

 

13

12/15/07

Adrenalectomy

Pentobarbital

297

274

- 23


 

SALT PREFERENCE DATA -- FIRST WEEK

 

 

Cage A

Cage B

Cage C

Date

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Wed 2/20

      / 10

    / 1

      / 6

       / 10

      / 5

    / 9

Thur 2/21

55 / 2

2 /   

48 /   

12 /   

38 /   

8 /   

Fri 2/22

50 / 5

2 /   

87 / 5

12 /   

81 / 5

10 /   

Sat 2/23

70 /   

5 /   

67 /   

16 /   

63 /   

17 /   

Sun 2/24

100 / 0

12 /   

100 / 0

24 /   

100 / 2

25 /   

Mon 2/25

83 / 3

14 /   

80 / 3

25 /   

82 / 2

27 /   

Tue 2/26

68 / 7

14 /   

66 / 7

27 /   

60 / 10

    /   

Wed 2/27

73 / 1

15 /   

65 / 7

30 /   

76 / 2

30 /   

Week 1 Total

400 ml

14 ml

377 ml

20 ml

375 ml

21 ml


 

 

Cage D

Cage E

Cage F

Date

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Wed 2/20

      / 6

   / 2

      / 2

    / 1

     / 7

    / 0

Thur 2/21

41 /   

9 /   

35 /   

2 /   

12 /   

6 /   

Fri 2/22

77 / 5

13 /   

82 / 5

3 /   

36 /   

10 /   

Sat 2/23

57 /   

20 /   

61 /   

5 /   

61 /   

15 /   

Sun 2/24

100 / 0

27 /   

100 / 10

9 /   

75 / 0

25 /   

Mon 2/25

57 / 4

32 /   

79 / 5

11 /   

24 /   

34 /   

Tue 2/26

64 / 8

35 /   

65 / 11

11 /   

49 / 4

44 / 4

Wed 2/27

70 / 5

37 /   

73 / 5

18 /   

30 /   

16 /   

Week 1 Total

345 ml

35 ml

366 ml

17 ml

143 ml

56 ml


 

SALT PREFERENCE DATA -- SECOND WEEK

 

 

Cage A

Cage B

Cage C

Date

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Wed 2/27

      / 1

      / 15

      / 7

       / 30

      / 2

    / 30

Thur 2/28

75 / 1

15 /   

75 /  4 

31 /   

69 / 1

32 /   

Fri 2/29

66 / 1

15 /   

61 / 1

33 /   

65 / 1

35 /   

Sat 3/01

  /   

   /   

  /    

  /   

  / 

   /   

Sun 3/02

100 / 5 

 38 /   

100 / 6  

50 /   

100 / 6 

 62 /   

Mon 3/03

40 / 5

32 /   

35 / 5

50 /   

40 / 5

62 /   

Tue 3/04

72 / 0

35 /   

80 / 1

52 /   

72 / 4

65 /  

Wed 3/05

85 /

75 /    

70 / 

59 /   

59 /   

69 /   

Week 2 Total

425 ml

60 ml

397 ml

29 ml

386 ml

39 ml


 

 

Cage D

Cage E

Cage F

Date

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Water

NaCl

Wed 2/27

      / 5

       / 37

      / 5

    / 13

     / 30

    / 16

Thur 2/28

72 / 5  

38 /   

68 / 7  

14 /   

54 / 3

27 /   

Fri 2/29

66 / 6

40 /   

71 / 4

15 /   

31 / 4  

39 /   

Sat 3/01

  /   

  /   

  /   

  /   

  /   

  /   

Sun 3/02

100 / 0

70 /   

100 / 7

34 /   

100 / 0

80 /   

Mon 3/03

48 / 4

70 /   

36 / 

32 /   

95 / 0

80 / 0

Tue 3/04

100 / 2

71 / 0

100 / 5

35 /   

26 /   

14 /    

Wed 3/05

70 /   

35 /   

65 /

65 /   

70 /   

70 /    

Week 2 Total

345 ml

69 ml

376 ml

52 ml

313 ml

134 ml


 

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