The adrenergic regulation of the cardiovascular system in the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 510-520

  Galli, Gina L J ^a,b,c   Skovgaard, Nini ^a,c   Abe, Augusto S ^c   Taylor, Edwin W ^b,c   Wang, Tobias ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Adrenergic stimulation; Cardiovascular regulation; Pulmonary circulation; Reptile; Snake; Systemic circulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONDUCTANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SNAKE; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 34748851929     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.420     Document Type: Article

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