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J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (15): 2701–2705.
Published: 1 August 2017
... between birds and mammals in gene expression associated with K + clearance. Mechanotransduction Avian Evolution Inner ear Potassium Slc12 K + is the major charge ion in the vertebrate inner ear. Its apical influx into hair cells initiates mechanotransduction in both the auditory...
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J Exp Biol (2016) 219 (5): 626–630.
Published: 1 March 2016
... © 2016. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016 Summary: Locust spreading depression is strongly dependent on existing levels of neural activity. Increased neural activity heightens susceptibility to spreading depression, whereas a reduction in activity is inhibitory. Potassium...
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J Exp Biol (2014) 217 (16): 2930–2938.
Published: 15 August 2014
... limits Neuromuscular system Potassium In order to make accurate predictions of the sensitivity of species to climate change, we must understand the physiological mechanisms that set critical thermal limits to animal performance and fitness ( Hofmann and Todgham, 2010 ). The majority of insect...
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J Exp Biol (2007) 210 (3): 421–431.
Published: 1 February 2007
... intrinsic heart rate potassium red-eared slider temperature Trachemys scripta turtle Freshwater turtles of the genera Chrysemys and Trachemys exhibit a remarkable ability to endure prolonged periods of anoxia. At warm acclimation temperatures (20°C–25°C), these animals can survive 12–24 h...
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J Exp Biol (2005) 208 (16): 3055–3063.
Published: 15 August 2005
..., of sodium and potassium currents of somatic muscle of larval Danio rerio to investigate their possible contribution to once-only firing. Our computer model incorporated simulated sodium and potassium ion channels based on steady-state and kinetic parameters derived from a recent electrophysiological study...
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J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (2): 245–254.
Published: 15 January 2003
... characteristics of mammalian and insect amino acid transporters: implications for amino acid homeostasis. J. Exp. Biol. 200 , 269 -286. Castagna, M., Shayakul, C., Trotti, D., Sacchi, V. F., Harvey,W. R. and Hediger, M. A. ( 1998 ). Cloning and characterization of KAAT1, a potassium-coupled amino acid...
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J Exp Biol (1998) 201 (9): 1373–1380.
Published: 1 May 1998
...-ATPase concentration quantified by 3 H-ouabain binding to intact biopsies before and after moderate physical conditioning . Int. J. Sports Med . 11 , 304 – 307 . Lindinger , M. I. ( 1995 ). Potassium regulation during exercise and recovery in humans: Implication for skeletal...
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J Exp Biol (1994) 197 (1): 295–308.
Published: 1 December 1994
...Carl Hirschie Johnson; Yasuo Nakaoka; Isoji Miwa ABSTRACT In some neural models of circadian rhythmicity, membrane potential and transmembrane flux of potassium and calcium ions appear to play important roles in the entrainment and central mechanisms of the biological clock. We wondered whether...
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J Exp Biol (1994) 194 (1): 47–68.
Published: 1 September 1994
... circles). 17 5 1994 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1994 bivalve Mytilus californianus osmoregulation taurine betaine potassium When exposed for prolonged periods (days to weeks) to hypo-osmotic media, euryhaline marine invertebrates typically respond by reducing...
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J Exp Biol (1993) 183 (1): 165–184.
Published: 1 October 1993
... and Kinkead, 1989 ) function. catecholamines adrenaline noradrenaline Myxine glutinosa hypoxia anoxia heart cardiac potassium acetylcholine Surprisingly few studies have evaluated the oxygen-binding properties of hagfish blood and the data are sufficiently disparate to permit...
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J Exp Biol (1992) 162 (1): 353–359.
Published: 1 January 1992
...-selective electrodes pH sodium potassium calcium ammonium Although the latter type of electrode is suitable for intramyocardial and intravascular recording from animals the size of dogs and pigs ( Hill et al . 1978 ), flexible electrodes with smaller diameters and longer shanks are required...
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J Exp Biol (1989) 142 (1): 115–124.
Published: 1 March 1989
... in a voltage-dependent potassium conductance. Application of other phenolamines indicated a rank order of potency of D,L-octopamine > D,L-synephrine > tyramine. The α -adrenergic agonists clonidine, naphazoline and tolazoline were without significant effect at 10 −5 –10 −3 moll −1 . Reduction...
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J Exp Biol (1988) 135 (1): 487–490.
Published: 1 March 1988
...Barbara R. Grubb; Helen V. Brown; P. J. Bentley ABSTRACT Fluxes of potassium ions across biological membranes can be measured using 42 K as a tracer. This isotope, however, has a half-life of only 12-4 h and it is expensive. Rubidium belongs to the alkali metal series of elements and rubidium ions...
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J Exp Biol (1985) 119 (1): 165–181.
Published: 1 November 1985
... amytal potassium pH The histology of the honey-bee drone retina suggests a remarkable metabolic compartmentation: the photoreceptors contain numerous mitochondria ranged at the periphery of the cell close to the cytoplasmic membrane, facing fin-like processes of the adjacent glial cells, which...
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J Exp Biol (1983) 107 (1): 1–8.
Published: 1 November 1983
...Philip E. Coyer ABSTRACT Exposure of 10 R3-R13 neurones to a 115-min period of hypoxia resulted in depolarization of their membrane potentials (E M ) from a mean of −46·9 ± 3·1 to −20·8 ± 4·4mV (S.E.). Intracellular potassium ion activities decreased significantly from 118·9 ± 5·1 to 67·7 ± 8·5 m m...
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J Exp Biol (1983) 107 (1): 105–113.
Published: 1 November 1983
...M. Morisawa; K. Suzuki; S. Morisawa ABSTRACT In salmonid fishes, rainbow trout and masu salmon, and the plecoglossid fish, ayu, seminal plasma had an osmolality around 300 mosmol kg −1 , isotonic to the blood plasma, and contained a higher concentration of potassium than the blood plasma...