Metabolic changes following transection of the spinal cord in dogs

A Preliminary Investigation of the Source of the Creatinuria Following Transection of the Spinal Cord

“…Many measurements of free cort icosteroids after various forms of stress have been noted in the literature (1). Rennels and Timmer (2) noted that free plasma corticosterone levels in the rat reached a peak level about one hour after scalding and remained elevated for 24 hours.…”

Protein Metabolism During Therapeutic Sleep; pp. 366–378

“…I n th e lite ra tu re on n itro g e n b alan ces th e ad verse actio n of p ro lo n g e d im m o b ilisa tio n of p a tie n ts or ex p e rim e n ta l su b jects is r e p o rte d [15,[100][101][102][103], obvio u sly v ia th e m ech an ism of red u ced tissu e p ro te in sy n th e sis [104]. R e la tiv e im m o b ilisatio n w hich w as a ch iev ed in o u r p a tie n ts b y a c e rta in p ro lo n g a tio n of b ed re st in our o p in io n d id n o t exceed th e b o rd e rlin e of n o rm a l an d forced im m o b ility w h ich is an e x tre m e ly in te n se ty p e of " n e u ro m u sc u la r stre ss" , [105].…”