New insights into the mechanisms controlling urea excretion in fish gills

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-248

  McDonald, M Danielle ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^b   Walsh, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cortisol; Development; Elasmobranchs; Facilitated diffusion; Fluoxetine; Hypoxia; Salinity; Serotonin; Teleosts; Urea transport

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; OXIDE; RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; UREA;

AMMONIA FORMATION; CHRONIC STRESS; DIFFUSION; ELASMOBRANCH; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GILL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; TELEOST; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FISHES; GILLS; UREA;

EID: 84869155457     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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