The Normal rat
it will decrease
Rats have a higher metabolic rate than frogs.
The effect of administering thyroxin on each of the rats was the baseline metabolic rate increased in each rat. Thyroxin was the most important hormone in maintaining metabolism and body heat.
Thyroxine(secreted by the thyroid gland) increases oxygen uptake(and along with it metabolism) in all tissues of the body(except brain and RBC).Thus,thyroidectomy causes a derease in BMR in the rat(compared to a normal rat). http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…
The weight in grams of the Thyroidectomized rat seemed to decrease when injected with propylthiouracil. Injected with tyroxine caused an increase in grams and ml of O2 levels do to the fact that tyroxine (a hormone from tyroid gland) increase the basal metabolic rate. ATT; Veronica V.
Propylthiouracil is an additive that reversibly abolishes thyroid function and the thyroid controls how quickly the body burns energy.
Propylthiouracil is a drug given to patients with goiter to decrease or slow down basal metabolic rate.
Purely guessing here, I'd assume a slowdown in overall metabolic rate. You've excised the pituitary gland, and adminsitered a thryoid antagonist. Unless there's some weird sympathetic reaction, a slowdown seems emminent.
Total water weight gain from metabolic water for the kangaroo rat is normally double its bodyweight. The rat doubles in size, registers as a democrat, and is then able to vote in the next election.
One rat day is typically considered to be equivalent to about 1.5 to 2 human days. This conversion is based on the faster metabolic rate and shorter lifespan of rats compared to humans. Therefore, if a rat experiences a day, it can be roughly seen as a longer time period in human terms due to the differences in their life cycles.
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Hypophysectomized rats do not have the thyroxine with which to regulate metabolic rate properly. Thyroxine replacement can allow for the normalization of the metabolic rate (as it does in humans with hypothyroidism!).