Control of breathing in the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) during hibernation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 917-925

  Nicol, Stewart ^a   Andersen, Niels A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breathing; Control of ventilation; Echidna; Hibernation; Hypercapnia; Hyperoxia; Hypoxia; Monotreme

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHIDNA; HIBERNATION; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; INSPIRED AIR; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REST; STIMULUS; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0345299782     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00213-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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