Seven things fish know about ammonia and we don't

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-240

  Wright, Patricia A ^a   Wood, Chris M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia excretion; Ammonia toxicity; Gill remodeling; Na+ uptake; Rhesus (Rh) glycoproteins; Transepithelial potential

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; SODIUM ION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BINDING SITE; BODY SURFACE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCRETION; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; GOLDFISH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LAMELLAR BODY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIMULATION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TELEOST; UPREGULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GILLS;

EID: 84869154372     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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