Redistribution of blood within the body is important for thermoregulation in an ectothermic vertebrate (Crocodylus porosus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 841-848

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic receptors; Blood flow; Blood pressure; Body temperature; Cardiac output; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; DUODENUM; HEART RATE; LIVER; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DUODENUM; HEART RATE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35448980711     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0181-4     Document Type: Article

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