Ablation of the ability to control the right-to-left cardiac shunt does not affect oxygen uptake, specific dynamic action or growth in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1881-1889

  Leite, Cleo A C ^a,b   Taylor, Edwin W ^c,d   Wang, Tobias ^e   Abe, Augusto S ^b,d   De Andrade, Denis O V ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac shunt; Crotalus; Heart; Oxygen uptake; Rattlesnake; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CROTALUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

CARDIAC SHUNT; CROTALUS; HEART; OXYGEN UPTAKE; RATTLESNAKE; VAGOTOMY;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CROTALUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84877115869     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.083840     Document Type: Article

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