Ligation of the left aorta in alligators affects acid-base balance: A role for the R→L shunt

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-322

  Gardner, Manuela N ^a   Sterba Boatwright, Blair ^a   Jones, David R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid base; Alligators; Fasting; Feeding; Shunting; Temperature challenge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALLIGATOR; AORTA; ARTICLE; COLD; FEEDING; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; COLD TEMPERATURE; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART VENTRICLES; LIGATION;

EID: 80052366694     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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