These data show efficacy for this cherry juice in decreasing some of the symptoms of exercise induced muscle damage. Most notably, strength loss averaged over the four days after eccentric exercise was 22% with the placebo but only 4% with the cherry juice.

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Cold-adapted spinal rats showed a greater increase in oxygen consumption following adrenaline than did warm-adapted ones. Thyroidectomy reduced the responses of warm- and cold-adapted spinal rats to about the same levels. In curarized rats, exposure to cold resulted in a greater increase in oxygen consumption and lower blood glucose concentration than adrenaline injection did. While noradrenaline had little effect in warm-adapted rats, there was a marked calorigenic response in cold-adapted rats. The results indicate, in addition to the increased calorigenic action of adrenaline in cold-adapted rats, a greatly increased calorigenic response to noradrenaline. The possibility that noradrenaline may be the mediator in chemical regulation of heat production is discussed.

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The ganglionic blocking agent hexamethonium chloride and the adrenolytic agent piperoxane hydrochloride prevented the increase in oxygen consumption otherwise observed in curarized, cold-adapted rats exposed to cold. Atropine sulfate had no effect. The sympathetic nervous system, including the adrenal medulla, appears to be important in the mediation of chemical regulation of heat production in these animals. L-noradrenaline was more effective than adrenaline in preventing the fall in oxygen consumption caused by hexamethonium. This finding suggests that noradrenaline may also play an important part in chemical regulation.