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Table 2 Comparison of desipramine-treated and control rat rectal temperatures at various times after the last dose of desipramine in the 4-day treatment paradigm.

From: Alpha-2 adrenergic-induced changes in rectal temperature in adult and 13-day old rats following acute and repeated desipramine administration

Adult Rats

Postnatal Day 13 – 16 Rats

Time after last dose

Control

Desipramine

Time after last dose

Control

Desipramine

14 h

34.4 ± 0.2 (4)

34.6 ± 0.4 (4)

14 h

34.2 ± 0.2 (3)

33.6 ± 0.2a (5)

24 h

34.4 ± 0.2 (12)

34.5 ± 0.1 (12)

24 h

33.9 ± 0.1 (14)

33.6 ± 0.2 (12)

48 h

35.3 ± 0.2 (14)

33.9 ± 0.1a (13)

63 h

35.3 ± 0.1 (11)

35.3 ± 0.3 (14)

96 h

34.7 ± 0.2 (8)

34.3 ± 0.1 (7)

96 h

35.0 ± 0.1 (13)

34.9 ± 0.2 (9)

  1. Juvenile rats received the last injection on post-natal day 12. A student t-test was used to compare the temperatures of the control versus the desipramine treated rats prior to giving brimonidine. Values are temperature in°C ± S.E.M. Number of rats in each group is given in parenthesis.
  2. aSignificantly different than control at P < 0.05