The parasympathetic nervous system and its influence on heart rate in torpid western pygmy possums, Cercatetus concinnus (Marsupialia: Burramyidae)

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-150

  Zosky, Graeme R ^a   Larcombe, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECG; Metabolism; Parasympathetic nervous system; Pygmy possum; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BURRAMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0042666823     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00108     Document Type: Article

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