An imidazole alphastat hypothesis for vertebrate acid-base regulation: Tissue carbon dioxide content and body temperature in bullfrogs

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1972, Pages 219-236

  Reeves, Robert Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Blood; Control of breathing; Poikilotherm vertebrates; Protein buffer; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL MODEL; FROG; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMAL; BICARBONATES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMIDAZOLES; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0015315344     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(72)90030-8     Document Type: Article

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