Comparison of dehydration and angiotensin II-stimulated cutaneous drinking in toads, Bufo punctatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-563

  Goldstein, Jeffrey ^a   Hoff, Karin ^a   Hillyard, Stanley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Anuran amphibians; Behavior; Cutaneous drinking; Dehydration

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; HINDLIMB; HYDRATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; SKIN; TOAD; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER LOSS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0242627344     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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