Blood pressure control in a larval amphibian, Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2047-2052

  Warburton, Stephen J ^a   Fritsche, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Frank Starling; Ontogeny; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HETASTARCH; LARVA; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033898229     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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