..., Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan © 2012. 2012 marine teleost sulfate excretion kidney eel ion regulation Anguilla japonica Because seawater is a hyperosmotic environment where various ions...

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...Takaaki Nishi; Gunzo Kawamura; Keisuke Matsumoto SUMMARY Magnetosensitivity of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica , was examined by conditioning and electrocardiography. Marine eels, river eels and farmed eels were conditioned to an imposed magnetic field ranging from 12 663 nT to 192 473 nT...

... into a conical graduated measuring container (100 ml). The remaining dye in the tract was washed out with distilled water, which was combined with the ingested water. Distilled water was added to the recovered solution to a final volume of 7 ml. Cultured Japanese eels Anguilla japonica Temminck...

... by an increase in eANP secretion from the atrium. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: mando@hiroshima-u.ac.jp ) 18 11 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 seawater eel Anguilla japonica drinking behavior intracranial administration intravenous administration...

... catecholamine atrium contraction intracellular Ca 2+ extracellular Ca 2+ Anguilla japonica Since the discovery of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in porcine brain ( Tatemoto, 1982 ), NPY-like immunoreactivity has been detected in both the central and peripheral nervous system of mammals (reviewed...

... ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 drinking behavior mannitol perfusion intestinal Cl − intestinal Na + furosemide esophagus urine flow seawater eel Anguilla japonica Drinking behavior in most terrestrial vertebrates proceeds from ‘perception of thirst’ to ‘seeking...

... transport water absorption eel intestine Anguilla japonica Regulation of ion and water transport across the intestine is essential for the survival in sea water or fresh water of euryhaline teleosts, such as eel and flounder. However, only a few regulators have been proposed for the teleost...