Factorial scopes of cardio-metabolic variables remain constant with changes in body temperature in the varanid lizard, Varanus rosenbergi

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 4 57-4, 2005, Pages

  Clark, T D ^a   Wang, T ^b   Butler, P J ^c   Frappell, P B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Exercise; Fick equation; Goanna; Heart rate; Metabolic rate; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen extraction; Reptile; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; LIZARD; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VARANUS ROSENBERGI; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; LIZARDS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REST; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 15544390949     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00593.2004     Document Type: Article

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