Chemosensory function of salt and water transport by the amphibian skin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 44-54

  Hillyard, Stanley D ^a   Viborg, A ^b   Nagai, T ^c   Hoff, K vS ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chemosensation; Na+ transport; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TRANSCYTOSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34447570997     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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