Regulation of gill transcellular permeability and renal function during acute hypoxia in the Amazonian oscar (Astronotus ocellatus): New angles to the osmorespiratory compromise

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1949-1964

  Wood, Chris M ^a,b   Iftikar, Fathima I ^a   Scott, Graham R ^c   De Boeck, Gudrun ^d   Sloman, Katherine A ^e   Matey, Victoria ^f   Domingos, Fabiola X Valdez ^g   Duarte, Rafael Mendonga ^g   Almeida Val, Vera M F ^g   Val, Adalberto L ^g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusive water flux; Fish; Gill morphology; Glomerular filtration rate; Mitochondria rich cell; PEG 4000; Potassium flux; Sodium flux; Transepithelial potential; Urine flow rate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CELL HYPOXIA; CICHLID; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; GILL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CICHLIDS; DIFFUSION; GILLS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART RATE; KIDNEY; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATION; SODIUM; WATER;

ASTRONOTUS; ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 66749100713     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028464     Document Type: Article

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