Central thermoregulatory effects of lactate in the toad Bufo paracnemis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Branco, Luiz G S ^a   Steiner, Alexandre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Behavior; Bufo paracnemis; Central nervous system; Ectotherms; Hypothermia; Lactate; Metabolism; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMOREGULATION; TOAD;

BUFO PARACNEMIS;

EID: 0033039269     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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