Endotoxemia and adrenaline-hyperreactive death in mice.
Mice given i.v. a sublethal dose of endotoxin in advance died with shock-like symptoms on administration of sublethal adrenaline dose. The lethal adrenaline-hyperreaction induced by endotoxin appeared gradually within a few h, showed maximum response after several h and almost disappeared 24 h after endotoxin administration.