Physiological significance of behavioral hypothermia in hypoglycemic frogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 957-961

  Rocha, Priscila L ^a   Branco, Luiz G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Odontol Ribeirao P   (Brazil)

Author keywords

2 Deoxy D glucose; Amphibian; Behavioral hypothermia; Body temperature; Insulin; Oxygen consumption; Plasma glucose; Rana catesbeiana; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FROG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031841713     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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