Antioxidant responses to variations of oxygen by the Harderian gland of different species of the superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 803-807

  Soria Valles, C ^a   Caballero, B ^a   Vega Naredo, I ^a   Sierra, V ^b   Huidobro Fernandez C ^a   Gonzalo Calvo, D D ^a   Tolivia, D ^a   Rodriguez Colunga M J ^a   Joel, A ^a   Coto Montes, A ^c   Avivi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN; RODENT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SPALACINAE; SPALAX GALILI; SPALAX JUDAEI;

EID: 77958052913     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-049     Document Type: Article

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