Chronic hypoxic incubation blunts thermally dependent cholinergic tone on the cardiovascular system in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

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

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 947-957

  Marks, Chris ^a   Eme, John ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Crossley II, Dane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atropine; Embryo; Hypoxia; Propranolol; Reptile; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; ZATEBRADINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROCODILIAN; HEART; HEART RATE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ATROPINE; BENZAZEPINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEART; HEART RATE; ORGAN SIZE; PROPRANOLOL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884510957     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-013-0755-2     Document Type: Article

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