Increased cardiac alpha-myosin heavy chain in left atria and decreased myocardial insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) expression accompany low heart rate in hibernating grizzly bears

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Barrows, N D ^a   Nelson, O L ^b   Robbins, C T ^b   Rourke, B C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VENTRICULAR MYOSIN;

BEAR; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BRADYCARDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CREATINE KINASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; URSIDAE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR MYOSINS;

URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 78751656749     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657589     Document Type: Article

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