Objective The present study investigated the antagonism of the amino-terminal heptapeptide
fragment of angiotensin II {[des-Phe 8]-angiotensin II; Ang (1–7)} to angiotensin II (Ang II) …

Renal osmoregulatory mechanisms in the context of hormones is considered in three types
of fish: the Agnatha, the Chondrichthyes and the Osteichthyes. Particular reference is made …

Peripheral plasma concentrations, metabolic clearance rates (MCR) and blood production
rates (BPR) of 1α-hydroxycorticosterone (1-OH-B) were determined in female dogfish ( …

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urine flow (UV), renal tubular transport maximum for glucose
(TMG), and single nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR), determined in anesthetized …

LAHLOU, BRAHIM, IW HENDERSON, AND WILBUR H. SAWYER. Renal adaptations by
Upsanus tau, a euryhaline uglomerulur teleost, to dilute media. Am. J. Physiol. 216 (5): …

The distribution of water, electrolyte composition (Na, K, Ca, Mg, PO 4 , Cl) and extracellular
fluid volume of eels ( Anguilla anguilla L.) were investigated under different experimental …

General, Comparative and Clinical Endocrinology of the Adrenal Cortex, Volume 2 focuses
on the many facets of adrenocortical form and function. This book discusses the mammalian …

During reproduction, female teleost fish display increased plasma estrogen and greatly
increased total plasma calcium concentrations; the main source of this calcium seems to be the …

The potential for participation of the arginine‐nitric oxide system in the aetiology of acute
equine laminitis has been assessed. Nitric oxide (NO), produced by the action of NO synthase (…

Extracts of corpuscles of Stannius from the silver eel have been shown to contain a
substance with a powerful pressor action on intravenous injection into the rat. This material …