Running, breathing and visceral motion in the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): Testing visceral displacement hypotheses

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-577

  Simons, Rachel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Locomotor respiratory coupling; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit; Ventilation; Visceral mass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; LIVER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RUNNING; THORAX; VIBRATION; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LIVER; MOVEMENT; RABBITS; RESPIRATION; RUNNING; THORAX; VIBRATION; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033104362     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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