... Neonate Hypoxia Hypercapnia Catecholamine secretion Nicotine Opioids HIF-2α K ATP channels The structure of the mammalian adrenal gland was established by the middle of the 19th century with the aid of histochemical techniques that allowed visualization of the outer cortex as a distinct...

... INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 25 10 2012 19 1 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 diving neonate activity liver iron content Cystophora cristata Seals and whales depend on oxygen stores bound to hemoglobin (Hb) in the blood...

..., but manages to survive despite the potential of exposure to environmental pathogens. Passive immune transfer via the milk is one well-recognised strategy to compensate the neonate, but there also may be innate immune mechanisms in place. In this study, CD14 and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), integral molecular...

... in tissues of newly hatched mosquito larvae. In the mother, both lipids are colocalized in yolk granules of developing oocytes and distributed evenly. In neonate larvae, however, the maternal fatty acid is stored along the side of the body, especially at the base of the body hair,and in the thorax, where...

...Rolf L. Ingermann; Nancy J. Berner; Frances R. Ragsdale ABSTRACT The neonate of viviparous reptiles is clearly precocial relative to the mammalian neonate and shows a rapid transition to independent life following parturition. This suggests major physiological changes occur quickly at, and just...