The parasympathetic nervous system: Its role during torpor in the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 677-684

  Zosky, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Heterothermy; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP STAGE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART; MARSUPIALIA; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0036943938     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0295-7     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Burlington RF, Darvish A (1988) Low-temperature performance of isolated working hearts from a hibernator and non-hibernator. Physiol Zool 61:387-395
2. Burlington RF, Maher JT, Angelakos ET (1968) Effect of temperature on contractility of isolated atria from a hibernator and non-hibernator. Life Sci 7:449-452
3. Burlington RF, Dean MS, Jones SB (1989) Coronary autoregulation and metabolism in hypothermic rat and ground squirrel hearts. Am J Physiol 25:R357-R365
4. Caprette DR, Senturia JB (1984) Isovolumetric performance of isolated ground squirrel and rat hearts at low temperature. Am J Physiol 247:R722-R727
5. Chatfield PO, Lyman CP (1950) Circulatory changes during process of arousal in the hibernating hamster. Am J Physiol 163:566-574
6. Dawson TJ (1989) Responses to cold of monotremes and marsupials. In: Wang LCH (ed) Advances in comparative and environmental physiology, vol 4. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 255-288
7. Duker GD, Olsson S, Hecht NH, Senturia JB, Johansson BW (1983) Ventricular fibrillation in hibernators and non-hibernators. Cryobiology 20:407-420
8. Duker GD, Sjoquist PO, Svensson O, Wohlfart B, Johansson BW (1986) Hypothermic effects on cardiac action potentials: Differences between a hibernator, hedgehog and a non-hibernator, guinea pig. In: Heller HC, Musacchia XJ, Wang LCH (eds) Living in the cold: Physiological and biochemical adaptations. Elsevier, New York, pp 565-572
9. Geiser F, Ruf T (1995) Hibernation versus daily torpor in mammals and birds: Physiological variables and classification of torpor patterns. Physiol Zool 68:935-966
10. Geiser F, Baudinette RV, McMurchie EJ (1989) The effect of temperature on isolated perfused hearts of heterothermic marsupials. Comp Biochem Physiol A 93:331-335
11. Grigg GC, Augee ML, Beard LA (1992) Thermal relations of free-living echidnas during activity and in hibernation in a cold climate. In: Augee ML (ed) Platypus and echidnas. The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, pp 160-173
12. Grigg G, Beard L (1996) Heart rates and respiratory rates of free-ranging echidnas - evidence for metabolic inhibition during hibernation? In: Geiser F, Hulbert AJ, Nicol S (eds) Adaptations to the cold. Tenth International Hibernation Symposium. University of New England Press, Armidale, pp 13-21
13. Grigg G, Beard L (2000) Hibernation by echidnas in mild climates: hints about the evolution of endothermy. In: Heldmaier G, Klingenspor M (eds) Life in the cold. Eleventh International Hibernation Symposium. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 5-19
14. Harris MB, Milsom WK (1995) Parasympathetic influence on heart rate in euthermic and hibernating ground squirrels. J Exp Biol 198:931-937
15. Hudson JW (1973) Torpidity in marsupials. In: Whittow GC (ed) Comparative physiology of thermoregulation, vol 3. Academic Press, New York, pp 98-165
16. Lovegrove BG, Raman J, Perrin MR (2001) Heterothermy in elephant shrews, Elephantulus spp. (Macrosclidea): daily torpor or hibernation? J Comp Physiol B 171:1-10
17. Lyman CP (1978) Natural torpidity, problems and perspectives. In: Wang LCH, Hudson JW (eds) Strategies in the cold: natural torpidity and thermogenesis. Academic Press, New York, pp 9-20
18. Lyman CP (1982) The hibernating state. In: Lyman CP, Willis JS, Malan A, Wang LCH (eds) Hibernation and torpor in mammals and birds. Academic Press, New York, pp 54-76
19. Lyman CP, Blinks DC (1959) The effect of temperature on the isolated hearts of closely related hibernators and non-hibernators. J Cell Comp Physiol 54:53-63
20. Lyman CP, O'Brien RC (1960) Circulatory changes in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel during the hibernating cycle. Bull Mus Comp Zool 124:353-372
21. Lyman CP, O'Brien RC (1963) Autonomic control of circulation during the hibernating cycle in ground squirrels. J Physiol 168:477-499
22. Milsom WK (1992) Control of breathing in hibernating mammals. In: Wood SC, Weber RE, Hargens AR, Millard RW (eds) Physiological adaptations in vertebrates: respiration, circulation and metabolism. Marcel Decker, New York, pp 119-147
23. Milsom WK, Zimmer MB, Harris MB (1999) Regulation of cardiac rhythm in hibernating mammals. Comp Biochem Physiol A 124:383-391
24. Milsom WK, Zimmer MB, Harris MB (2001) Vagal control of cardiorespiratory function in hibernation. Exp Physiol 86:791-796
25. Morris JL, Nilsson S (1994) The circulatory system. In: Burnstock G (ed) Comparative physiology and evolution of the autonomic nervous system. Harwood, Switzerland, pp 193-246
26. Nardone RM (1955) Electrocardiogram of the arctic ground squirrel during hibernation and hypothermia. Am J Physiol 182:364-368
27. Nicol S, Andersen NA, Mesch V (1992) Metabolic rate and ventilation pattern in the echidna during hibernation and arousal. In: Augee ML (ed) Platypus and echidnas. The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, pp 150-159
28. O'Shea JE, Evans BK (1985) Innervation of bat heart: cholinergic and adrenergic nerves innervate all chambers. Am J Physiol 249:H876-H882
29. Twente JW, Twente J (1978) Autonomic regulation of hibernation by Citellus and Eptesicus. In: Wang LCH, Hudson JW (eds) Strategies in the cold. Natural torpidity and thermogenesis. Academic Press, New York, pp 327-373
30. Wilz M, Heldmaier G (2000) Comparison of hibernation, estivation and daily torpor in the edible dormouse, Glis glis. J Comp Physiol B 170:511-521
31. Withers PC, Richardson KC, Wooller RD (1990) Metabolic physiology of euthermic and torpid honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus. Aust J Zool 37:685-693
32. Zimmer MB, Harris MB, Milsom WK (2000) Control of cardiac and ventilation frequencies during hibernation in ground squirrels. In: Heldmaier G, Klingenspor M (eds) Life in the cold. Eleventh International Hibernation Symposium. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 159-167
33. Zosky GR (2001) A method for measuring the ECG and ventilation rate in bats. J R Soc West Aust 84:119-120