Autonomic control of heart rate during forced activity and digestion in the snake Boa constrictor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3553-3560

  Wang, Tobias ^a   Taylor, E W ^a   Andrade, Denis ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atropine; Autonomic control; Blood pressure; Boa constrictor; Exercise; Feeding; Heart rate; Propranolol; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGESTION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGESTION; EXERTION; HEART RATE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROPRANOLOL; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; BOA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035745826     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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