Disclaimer: The information contained herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider. The tool is not a substitute for the care provided… (more)
“In rats given 340 mM NaCl instead of tap water to drink for 12 days, plasma concentrations of ACTH decreased to 105 +/- 27 pM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 6) compared with control animals (182 +/- 13 pM).”
“It has been shown for the first time that a single in vivo injection of 0.9% NaCl causes short-term desensitization of adenylate cyclase to the repeated action of much higher doses of ACTH in vitro, presumably due to endogenous ACTH release in response to weak stress exposure.”
“A 4-h infusion of 5% (w/v) NaCl (3.8 ml/min) resulted in significantly (P less than 0.01) greater rises in ACTH and cortisol, but not aldosterone, than were observed after CRF alone.”