Peripheral chemoreceptors in fish: A brief history and a look ahead

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-38

  Jonz, Michael G ^a   Zachar, Peter C ^a   Da Fonte, Dillon F ^a   Mierzwa, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chemoreceptor; Development; Electrophysiology; Fish; Gill; Hypoxia; Milsom; NEC; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DYE; FM1 43; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYE; ION CHANNEL; OXYGEN; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FISH; GILL; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM CELL; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CHEMORECEPTOR; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ZEBRA FISH; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; EVOLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; FISHES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GILLS; ION CHANNELS; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; OXYGEN; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REGENERATION; SEROTONIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84931585373     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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