Venous tone and cardiac function in the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus: Mean circulatory filling pressure during adrenergic stimulation in anaesthetised and fully recovered animals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3747-3759

  Skals, Marianne ^a,b   Skovgaard, Nini ^a,b   Abe, Augusto S ^b   Wang, Tobias ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenergic regulation; Cardiovascular control; Crotalus durissus; Mean circulatory filling pressure; Reptile; Venous return; Venous tone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAZIL; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAZIL; CROTALUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PHENYLEPHRINE; STROKE VOLUME; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 27644479431     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01828     Document Type: Article

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