Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in the turtle Trachemys scripta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 3335-3345

  Overgaard, Johannes ^a   Stecyk, Jonathan A W ^a,b   Farrell, Anthony P ^b   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenergic response; Cardiac shunting; Cardiovascular; Pulmonary resistance; Systemic resistance; Trachemys scripta; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; STROKE VOLUME; TURTLES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0036852454     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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