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... Commun. Mass Spectrom.   21 , 23 - 28 . 10.1002/rcm.2800 Findsen , A. , Andersen , J. L. , Calderon , S. and Overgaard , J. ( 2013 ). Rapid cold hardening improves recovery of ion homeostasis and chill coma recovery time in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria . J. Exp...

.... ATP Ion homeostasis Extracellular potassium D. melanogaster Animals differ tremendously in their ability to tolerate oxygen deprivation. With a few noteworthy exceptions (e.g. killifish embryos, turtles and carp), vertebrates can only tolerate minutes of anoxia at body temperatures of 35...

... better able to defend V m whilst exposed to high extracellular [K + ]. Together these results demonstrate a mechanism of cold acclimation in locusts that improves survival after cold stress: increased cold tolerance is accomplished by preservation of V m through maintenance of ion homeostasis...

... mechanism driving the cold-induced loss of muscle excitability and progression of chilling injury in chill-susceptible insect species. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 27 10 2010 © 2011. 2011 chilling injury chill coma osmoregulation ion homeostasis water balance...

... majority of mammals are unable to survive prolonged periods of hypothermia or O 2 deprivation owing to irreversible membrane damage and loss of cellular ion homeostasis in vital organs such as the brain and heart. However, numerous hibernating endotherms, neonatal and diving mammals as well as many...