Chronic hypoxic incubation blunts a cardiovascular reflex loop in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

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

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 981-990

  Eme, John ^a   Hicks, James W ^b   Crossley II, Dane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreflex; Chorioallantoic membrane; Embryo; Hypoxia; Phenylbiguanide; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLBIGUANIDE; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFLEX; TIME;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIGUANIDES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; HEART RATE; REFLEX; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 80052943383     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0569-z     Document Type: Article

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