Effects of thermal acclimation on nervous conduction and muscle contraction in the frog Rana temporaria

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-342

  Tiiska, Ari J ^a   Lagerspetz, Kari Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conduction; Frog; Muscle contraction; Nervous system; Rana; Reflex; Seasons; Temperature acclimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FROG; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0032748796     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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