
Frogs : Biology, Ecology and Uses.
Title:
Frogs : Biology, Ecology and Uses.
Author:
Murray, James L.
ISBN:
9781620818824
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Series:
Animal Science, Issues and Professions
Contents:
FROGS: BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND USES -- FROGS: BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND USES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FROG ERYTHROCYTE AS A CONVENIENT MODEL FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE ION TRANSPORT PATHWAYS ACROSS CELL MEMBRANES AND THE MECHANISMS OF THEIR REGULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PATHWAYS OF K+ AND NA+ ACROSS THE FROG ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE -- NA+-K+-PUMP IN FROG ERYTHROCYTES AND REGULATION OF ITS ACTIVITY -- K-CL COTRANSPORT IN FROG ERYTHROCYTES AND THE PATHWAYS OF ITS REGULATION -- NA+-H+ EXCHANGE IN ERYTHROCYTES OF FROGS R. TEMPORARIA AND R. RIDIBUNDA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN FROG RETINA AS REVEALED BY IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- AMPA Receptors -- Kainate Receptors -- NMDA Receptors -- NR1 Subunit -- NR2A and NR2B Subunits -- NR2C and NR2D Subunits -- Double Labeling Studies -- CONCLUSION -- AMPA and Kainate Receptors -- NMDA Receptors -- NR1 Subunit -- NR2 Subunits -- Glutamate Receptors in Glia -- REFERENCES -- ALTITUDINAL VARIATION IN LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN FROGS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BREEDING SEASON LENGTH AND BREEDING TIME PER SEASON -- CLUTCH SIZE AND EGG SIZE -- DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH -- AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY -- AGE STRUCTURE AND LONGEVITY -- BODY SIZE -- AGE AND BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIP -- REFERENCES -- PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE FROG AS A TOOL TO EXAMINE THE REGULATION OF THE TRANSMISSION OF NEURONAL INFORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREPARATION AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY -- Recordings of Compound Action Potentials from the Pond Frog Sciatic Nerve -- Recordings of Fast Cholinergic Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials from Bullfrog Paravertebral Sympathetic Ganglion Neurons -- EFFECTS OF VARIOUS LOCAL ANESTHETICS ON ACTION POTENTIAL CONDUCTION IN THE POND FROG SCIATIC NERVE.
MODULATION OF FAST CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION IN BULLFROG SYMPATHETIC GANGLION NEURONS -- Effects of Epinephrine -- Effects of the Repetitive Electrical Activity of the Postganglionic Nerve -- Effects of the Repetitive Electrical Activity of the Preganglionic Nerve -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ECOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE OMEI TREEFROG RHACOPHORUS OMEIMONTIS IN A SUBTROPICAL MONTANE REGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BREEDING BEHAVIOUR -- REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ALTITUDES -- THE INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE AND AGE ON MALE MATING SUCCESS -- VARIATION IN BODY SIZE, AGE AND GROWTH ALONG AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT -- TESTIS ASYMMETRY AND SPERM SIZE AFFECT MALE MATING SUCCESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TAXONOMIC PATTERNS OF TADPOLE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO ALARM CUES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COLLECTION OF DATA -- ANALYSIS OF DATA -- RESULTS -- Overall Distribution of Response Behaviors to Alarm Signals -- The Distribution of Response Behaviors Varies among Families -- Tadpoles Respond Differently to Conspecific and Heterospecific Alarm Signals -- Tadpole Response Behaviors to Alarm Signals Differ between Species with Aggregating and Non-Aggregating (Solitary) Life Styles -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FROGS AND TOADS AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FROGS AND TOADS AS BIOINDICATOR ORGANISMS -- ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF BONES -- NEW METHOD TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD ON FROGS AND TOADS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HORMONAL REGULATION OF ION TRANSPORTS IN FROG EPITHELIA: MEASUREMENTS OF ION TRANSPORTS IN FROG EPITHELIUM USING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ANATOMY OF FROG EPITHELIA -- Ventral Pelvic Skin -- Kidney -- Urinary Bladder -- ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES -- Ussing Chamber Method (Short-Circuit Current Measurement).
Patch Clamp Techniques -- SODIUM AND CHLORIDE TRANSPORTS IN FROG EPITHELIA -- Active Na+ Transport -- Chloride Transport -- Paracellular Transport -- HORMONAL REGULATION -- Neurohypophysial Hormones -- Angiotensin II -- Aldosterone and Corticosterone -- Natriuretic Peptides -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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