Cardiac Basal Metabolism.

Factors Affecting Basal Metabolism

Superficial observations have led us to the general belief that the vital processes are much the same with average individuals. It is true that we are inclined to classify people as high-strung and nervous on the one hand and phlegmatic on the other; yet, on the average, the normal individual apparently has a metabolic plane comparable to his neighbor’s, for the general uniformity in the energy...

Long-chain fatty acids increase basal metabolism and depolarize mitochondria in cardiac muscle cells.

The effects of long-chain (LC) fatty acids on rate of heat production (heat rate) and mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi) of intact guinea pig cardiac muscle were investigated at 37 degrees C. Heat rate of ventricular trabeculae was measured with microcalorimetry, and DeltaPsi was monitored in isolated ventricular myocytes with either JC-1 or tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE). Met...

The basal metabolism of the newborn calf.

The first measurements of the basal metabolism of the young calf were reported by Brody (1930), who used the indirect calorimetric method of measuring oxygen consumption by means of a closed-circuit spirometer. Determinations were made on forty-three calves of less than 3 weeks of age but most of the values obtained were restricted to ages of 10-21 days. No definite trends during the first 3 we...

Basal Metabolism in Health and Disease

Basal metabolism during recovery from severe undernutrition.

The studies reported below were made on two groups of individuals who had suffered severe restriction of food intake over periods of not less than 6 months and extending in some over I year. Group I comprised severely emaciated adults of both sexes, a high proportion of them elderly, admitted to hospital in The Hague, Holland, during the months of May and June 1945. Weight losses in this group ...