Adrenocortical and thyroid systems of rats at the initial stage of nociceptive influence

• Published in: Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova Vol. 91; no. 6; p. 611
• Main Authors: Beliakova, E I, Mendzheritskiĭ, A M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 01-06-2005
• Subjects: Adrenal Cortex Hormones - blood; Adrenal Glands - metabolism; Animals; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - metabolism; Male; Pain - metabolism; Pituitary-Adrenal System - metabolism; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Stress, Physiological - metabolism; Thyroid Gland - metabolism; Thyroxine - blood
• ISSN: 0869-8139

There are two phases in the initial period of formation of adrenocortical response to sharp nociceptive influence. The first phase (within 10-15 sec.) involves emergency mobilization of "basal" reserves of hormone active substances. It is characterized by reduction of corticoliberine activity in hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic structures of the rat brain with a parallel increase of corticotrophin concentration in plasma, devastation of corticosteroid reserves in adrenal glands; a decrease in the level of corticosteroids in blood against the background of accumulating hormone in bodies-targets. In the second phace: the phase of hypercompensation, the progressive increase of credit of the substances under study was quite obvious. The authentic changes in a level of aldosterone in adrenal glands and blood took place only in 2.5 minutes after the stress. The nociceptive influence was also biphasic when acting upon the reorganization of thyroid status number. However, unlike the initial adrenocortical response to stress in the first phase of thyroid reaction, the elevation of plasma thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine level was obvious. At the second stage, selective decrease in concentration of thyroxine to normal amounts occurred.