Autonomic nervous control of heart rate in muskrats during exercise in air and under water

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1563-1568

  Signore, Pierre E ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

accentuated antagonism; atropine; diving bradycardia; exercise tachycardia; isoproterenol; muskrat; nadolol; Ondatra zibethicus; parasympathetic system; sympathetic system; telemetry

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIVING; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMERSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIVING; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMERSION; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS;

EID: 0030198871     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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