Correlation between aquaporin and water permeability in response to vasotocin, hydrin and β-adrenergic effectors in the ventral pelvic skin of the tree frog Hyla japonica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-294

  Ogushi, Y ^a   Kitagawa, D ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Tanaka, S ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenergic effectors; Aquaporin; Hydrin; Hydrosmotic response; Hyla japonica; Immunohistochemistry; The tree frog; Vasotocin; Ventral pelvic skin

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDRIN 1; HYDRIN 2; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANURA; AQUAPORINS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; PERMEABILITY; PROPRANOLOL; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN; WATER;

ANURA; HYLA JAPONICA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 75249094041     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.036871     Document Type: Article

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