Control of cardiovascular function in the icefish Chionodraco hamatus: Involvement of serotonin and nitric oxide

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-480

  Pellegrino, D ^a   Acierno, R ^b   Tota, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antarctic fish; Gill hemodynamics; Heart; Nitric oxide; Notothenioidei; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HEART; HEART MUSCLE DP-DT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN;

BULBUS; CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; NOTOTHENIOIDEI;

EID: 0037305781     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00324-0     Document Type: Article

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