The role of adrenaline as a modulator of cardiac performance in two Antarctic fishes

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-223

  Skov, Peter Vilhelm ^a   Bushnell, Peter G ^b   Tirsgaard, Bjørn ^a   Steffensen, John Fleng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adrenaline; Atrium; Chaenocephalus; Icefish; Isometric contraction; Notothenia; Peak tension; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MUSCLE; TELEOST;

CHAENOCEPHALUS; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; NOTOTHENIA; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 58149505986     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0522-0     Document Type: Article

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