Control of salt gland activity in the hatchling green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
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2000
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Reina, R
Cooper, Peter
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We studied the control of salt gland secretion in hatchling Chelonia mydas. The threshold salt load to activate salt secretion was between 400 μmol NaCl 100 g bodymass (BM)-1 and 600 μmol NaCl 100 g BM-1, which caused an increase in plasma sodium concen
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Keywords: adrenalin; argiprestocin; atrial natriuretic factor; atropine; methacholine chloride; neuropeptide Y; sodium chloride; vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; animal; article; Australia; blood; drug effect; newborn; osmolarity; physiology; salt gland; turtle; Adrenergic; Chelonian; Cholinergic; Osmoregulation; Salt glands
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Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology
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