The unequal influences of the left and right vagi on the control of the heart and pulmonary artery in the rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Taylor, E W ^a,b   Andrade, Denis V ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^a   Leite, Cleo A C ^a   Wang, Tobias ^a,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Nervous control; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SNAKE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROTALUS; HEART; HEART RATE; PULMONARY ARTERY; STROKE VOLUME; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 58149236697     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024042     Document Type: Article

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