Respiratory, metabolic, and acid-base correlates of aerobic metabolic rate reduction in overwintering frogs

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 43-3, 1998, Pages

  Donohoe, Paul H ^a,b   West, Timothy G ^a   Boutilier, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base status; Gas exchange; Homeostasis; Hypometabolism; Reserve capacity

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HIBERNATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

EID: 0031896706     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.3.r704     Document Type: Article

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