Hypoxic alligator embryos: Chronic hypoxia, catecholamine levels and autonomic responses of in ovo alligators

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Eme, John ^a   Altimiras, Jordi ^b   Hicks, James W ^c   Crossley, Dane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic tone; Alligator; Cholinergic tone; Development; Embryo; Hypoxia; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRADYCARDIA; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; REPTILIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 80052098610     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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