Annual variation in glycerol mobilization and effect of freeze rigor on post-thaw locomotion in the freeze-tolerant frog Hyla versicolor

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

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Layne Jr , Jack R ^a   Stapleton, Michael G ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeze tolerance; Glucose; Glycerol; Hyla versicolor; Locomotion; Overwintering

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FREEZING; FROGS AND TOADS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; ILLINOIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

ANURA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 58649120851     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0304-6     Document Type: Article

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