What determines systemic blood flow in vertebrates?

W Joyce, T Wang - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
In the 1950s, Arthur C. Guyton removed the heart from its pedestal in cardiovascular
physiology by arguing that cardiac output is primarily regulated by the peripheral …

Regulation of heart rate in vertebrates during hypoxia: A comparative overview

W Joyce, T Wang - Acta Physiologica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acute exposure to low oxygen (hypoxia) places conflicting demands on the heart. Whilst an
increase in heart rate (tachycardia) may compensate systemic oxygen delivery as arterial …

Layered habitats: An evolutionary model for present-day recreational needs

J Stoltz - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Urbanisation and lifestyle-related illnesses increase globally. This highlights the need to
shape modern human habitats to support basic recreational needs, promoting such things …

In vivo real-time imaging of cutaneous hemoglobin concentration, oxygen saturation, scattering properties, melanin content, and epidermal thickness with visible …

X Chen, W Lin, C Wang, S Chen, J Sheng… - Biomedical optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present the real-time single snapshot multiple frequency demodulation-spatial frequency
domain imaging (SSMD-SFDI) platform implemented with a visible digital mirror device that …

Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes 'the drugs don't work'in fish

W Joyce, J Warwicker, HA Shiels… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Adrenaline and noradrenaline, released as hormones and/or neurotransmitters, exert
diverse physiological functions in vertebrates, and teleost fishes are widely used as model …

Characterization of Vasoreactivity in a Semi-Arboreal Snake, the Tokara Habu (Protobothrops tokarensis)

T Ootawa, S Wu, R Sekio, H Smith, MZ Islam… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Snakes are reptiles that have evolved over a period of approximately 170
million years, adapting to life in different habitats, including water (rivers and oceans), on the …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary loss of the β1-adrenergic receptor in salmonids

W Joyce - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) have been at the heart of the diversification of β-
adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) in vertebrates. Non-teleost jawed vertebrates typically possess …

[HTML][HTML] How insights from cardiovascular developmental biology have impacted the care of infants and children with congenital heart disease

AJ Chin, JP Saint-Jeannet, CW Lo - Mechanisms of development, 2012 - Elsevier
To illustrate the impact developmental biology and genetics have already had on the clinical
management of the million infants born worldwide each year with CHD, we have chosen …

Similitude in the cardiorespiratory responses to exercise across vertebrates

T Wang, W Joyce, JW Hicks - Current Opinion in Physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
The anatomy of the heart and the respiratory organs differs enormously amongst
vertebrates, and the absolute rates of oxygen uptake–both at rest and exercise—are several …

Maintained barostatic regulation of heart rate in digesting snakes (Boa constrictor)

T Wang, AS Abe, AP Cruz-Neto… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
When snakes digest large meals, heart rate is accelerated by withdrawal of vagal tone and
an increased non-adrenergic-non-cholinergic tone that seems to stem from circulating blood …