Control of salt gland activity in the hatchling green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Reina, R; Cooper, Peter

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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Springer

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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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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88883

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Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

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