The effects of saltwater acclimation on neurotransmitters in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   Hudson, Nicholas J ^a   Holmberg, Anna ^b   Holmgren, Susanne ^b   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CGRP; Exocrine; NO; PACAP; Phenotypic plasticity; SP; VIP

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT GLAND; SALT TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROKININ A; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; SALT GLAND; SEAWATER; SUBSTANCE P; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 33847013766     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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