Surgical removal of right-to-left cardiac shunt in the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis) causes ventricular enlargement but does not alter apnoea or metabolism during diving

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3553-3563

  Eme, John ^a   Gwalthney, June ^a   Blank, Jason M ^b   Owerkowicz, Tomasz ^a   Barron, Gildardo ^a   Hicks, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Diving; Hypertrophy; Hypometabolism; Left aorta; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; AORTA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AORTA; APNEA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 70350241421     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034595     Document Type: Article

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