Cardiac function of the naked mole-rat: Ecophysiological responses to working underground

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Grimes, Kelly M ^a   Voorhees, Andrew ^b   Chiao, Ying Ann ^c   Han, Hai Chao ^b   Lindsey, Merry L ^d   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac reserve; Echocardiography; Ecophysiology; Left ventricular function; Naked mole rat

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DOBUTAMINE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONOTROPISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HETEROCEPHALUS; HISTOLOGY; INOTROPISM; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBWAY; WORK; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RESERVE; METABOLISM; MOLE RAT; NAKED MOLE-RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC RESERVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; NAKED MOLE-RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COLLAGEN; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; MOLE RATS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84899416709     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00831.2013     Document Type: Article

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