Cardiovascular responses to locomotor activity and feeding in unrestrained three-toed sloths, Bradypus variegatus

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1557-1561

  Duarte, D P F ^a   Jaguaribe, A M ^a   Pedrosa, M A C ^a   Clementino, A C C R ^a   Barbosa, A A ^a   Silva, A F V ^a   Gilmore, D P ^a   Da Costa, C P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Feeding behavior; Heart rate; Locomotor activity; Tree toed sloth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MASTICATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; REST; SLOTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWALLOWING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WOODY STEM;

ANIMALIA; BRADYPUS; BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; CECROPIA; EDENTATA; MEMBRAS;

EID: 5644231310     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004001000016     Document Type: Article

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