...Suzanne M. Cox; Gary B. Gillis ABSTRACT Controlled landing requires preparation. Mammals and bipedal birds vary how they prepare for landing by predicting the timing and magnitude of impact from the integration of visual and non-visual information. Here, we explore how the cane toad Rhinella marina...

... in response to a burst of electrical impulses is unclear. To establish the influence of series compliance on force summation, we studied electrically evoked doublet contractions in the cane toad peroneus muscle in the presence and absence of a compliant artificial tendon. Additional series compliance reduced...

... variation. We show that during exercise in the invasive cane toad ( Rhinella marina ) oxygen transport by the cardiovascular system was maximised in warm-acclimated toads at high (30°C) temperatures, and that oxygen content of arterial blood was not affected by temperature. Resting oxygen consumption...

...Afshan Gheshmy; Robert Vukelich; Angelo Noronha; Stephen G. Reid SUMMARY Anuran amphibians have multiple populations of pH/CO 2 -sensitive respiratory-related chemoreceptors. This study examined in cane toads( Bufo marinus ) whether chronic hypercapnia (CHC) altered the pH/CO 2 sensitivity...

...Brad R. S. Broughton; John A. Donald SUMMARY Nitric oxide (NO) signalling pathways were examined in the lateral aortae and dorsal aorta of the cane toad Bufo marinus . NADPH diaphorase histochemistry and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunohistochemistry found no evidence for endothelial NOS...