Transgenerational epigenetics: the role of maternal effects in cardiovascular development

DH Ho - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Transgenerational epigenetics, the study of non-genetic transfer of information from one
generation to the next, has gained much attention in the past few decades due to the fact …

Reduction of blood oxygen levels enhances postprandial cardiac hypertrophy in Burmese python (Python bivittatus)

CE Slay, S Enok, JW Hicks… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Physiological cardiac hypertrophy is characterized by reversible enlargement of
cardiomyocytes and changes in chamber architecture, which increase stroke volume and via …

Adenosinergic regulation of the cardiovascular system in the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta

W Joyce, T Wang - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2014 - Elsevier
Few studies have investigated adenosinergic regulation of the cardiovascular system in
reptiles. The haemodynamic effect of a bolus intra-arterial adenosine injection (2.5 μM kg …

The role of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular response to chronic and acute hypoxia in White Leghorn chicken (Gallus domesticus)

NK Iversen, T Wang, E Baatrup… - Acta …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Prenatal hypoxia due to placental insufficiency results in deleterious phenotypes and
compensatory mechanisms including increased sympathetic tone. Utilizing the embryonic …

Purinoceptors exert negative inotropic effects on the heart in all major groups of reptiles

W Joyce, H Gesser, T Wang - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The few and fragmentary studies on purinergic regulation of the reptile heart have reached
equivocal conclusions. Indeed, unlike fish, amphibians, and mammals, it has been …