Plasticity of cardiovascular function in snapping turtle embryos (Chelydra serpentina): Chronic hypoxia alters autonomic regulation and gene expression

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Eme, John ^a   Rhen, Turk ^b   Tate, Kevin B ^a   Gruchalla, Kathryn ^b   Kohl, Zachary F ^a   Slay, Christopher E ^c   Crossley II, Dane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic tone; Cholinergic tone; Embryo and fetus; Gene expression; Hypoxia; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EMBRYO; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TURTLE;

ADRENERGIC TONE; CHOLINERGIC TONE; EMBRYO AND FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; REPTILE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TURTLES;

EID: 84878552475     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00595.2012     Document Type: Article

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