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Ionic Regulation in Animals: A Tribute to Professor W.T.W.Potts

Ionic Regulation in Animals: A Tribute to Professor W.T.W.Potts


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A collection of selected contributions to the symposium on Comparative Physiology of Ion Transport, held on March 27-29, 1996, in Lancaster (Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology).

Table of Contents:
1 The Ecophysiology of Osmoregulation in Crustacea.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Steady-state strategies.- 1.3 The development of osmoregulatory capacity.- 1.4 Brood pouches and osmoregulation.- 1.5 Environmental effects on crustacean osmoregulation.- 1.6 Intraspecific difference in osmoregulation.- 1.7 Conclusions.- References.- 2 Ambient ions and the voltage across crayfish gills.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Experimental Results.- 2.3 Discussion.- References.- 3 Regulating the micro-environment of ion transporting epithelia: A comparative approach.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Water movements across epithelia.- 3.3 Secretion by goblet cells.- 3.4 Exocytosis, swelling and dispersal of mucus.- References.- 4 Osmotic and Ionic Osmoregulation in Cyclostomes.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Hagfish.- 4.3 Lamprey.- 4.4 Control Mechanisms.- 4.5 Conclusions.- 4.6 Acknowledgements.- References.- 5 Ion and Water Balance in Elasmobranch Fish.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Gills.- 5.3 Kidney.- 5.4 Gut.- 5.5 Rectal gland.- 5.6 Freshwater and Euryhaline Elasmobranchs.- 5.7 Acknowledgements.- References.- 6 Gill Chloride Cells Activation by Plasma Osmolarity.- 6.1 Introduction and Background.- 6.2 The importance of osmolarity.- 6.3 Conclusion.- References.- 7 The use of Modern Microscopical Techniques for the Study of Fish Gill.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Quantification of chloride cells.- 7.3 Branchial ion transport in freshwater fish.- 7.4 Perspectives.- References.- 8 Transport and Housekeeping of calcium in Fish Gills.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Overcapacity of transporters; Ca2+ transport in stanniectomized eels.- 8.3 Involvement of carriers in transepithelial Ca2+ transport.- 8.4 Housekeeping.- References.- 9 Drinking in marine, euryhaline and freshwater teleost fish.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 The renin-angiotensin system and drinking in teleost fish.- 9.3 Drinking in freshwater and the role of the RAS.- 9.4 Drinking in seawater.- 9.5 Drinking in larvae.- 9.6 Absorption of water and salts in marine fish.- 9.7 Effect of cortisol on drinking.- 9.8 Effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on drinking.- 9.9 Effect of temperature on drinking.- References.- 10 Teleost Renal Function: Regulation by Arginine Vasotocin and by Angiotensins.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Renin-angiotensin system (RAS).- 10.3 Arginine vasotocin (AVT).- References.- 11 Arginine Vasotocin (AVT) Controls Renal Sodium and Water Excretion in Birds through Interaction with a new ADH Receptor Subtype.- 11.1 Body fluid homeostasis.- 11.2 The antidiuretic hormone AVT.- 11.3 AVT-induced antidiuresis and antinatriuresis.- 11.4 The renal AVT/AVP receptor in birds.- 11.5 Conclusions.- References.- 12 Intracellular signalling in salt-secreting cells — Recent Advances in the Avian Nasal Gland Model.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Mechanism of secretion.- 12.3 Intracellular calcium signalling.- 12.4 Activation of secretion by intracellular calcium.- 12.5 Activation of secretion by intracellular cyclic AMP.- 12.6 Interactions between calcium and cyclic AMP signals.- 12.7 Conclusions.- References.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783642643965
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 204
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 3642643965
  • Publisher Date: 18 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 155 mm


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