Cardiac adaptation in prolonged inverted bats (Eidolon helvum)

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Ashaolu, James Olumide ^a   Ajao, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bats; Cardiac hypertrophy; Heart; Inversion

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; GLYCOGEN; TROPONIN I;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CARDIAC ADAPTATION; CELL REGENERATION; COLLAGEN FIBER; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELASTIC FIBER; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; MICROGRAVITY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84920175258     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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