Hormone-dependent dissociation of blood flow and secretion rate in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 825-834

  Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   de Vries, Inga ^a   Anderson, W Gary ^b   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crocodilian; Osmoregulation; Salt gland; Secretion rate and blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT GLAND; SECRETION; VASCULARIZATION; CROCODILIAN; DRUG EFFECTS; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SALT GLAND; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ALLIGATOR; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS POROSUS; ELASMOBRANCHII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954503902     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0464-z     Document Type: Article

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