Electrocardiogram, heart movement and heart rate in the awake gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the simplest and most effective non-invasive method to assess the electrical activity of the heart and to obtain information on the heart rate (HR) and rhythm. Because information on the HR of very small reptiles (body mass

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Published in:Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 2015-01, Vol.185 (1), p.111-118
Main Authors: Germer, Carina M., Tomaz, Juliana M., Carvalho, Ana F., Bassani, Rosana A., Bassani, José W. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Animal Physiology
Animals
Bats
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Carbachol - pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Electrocardiography
Heart rate
Heart Rate - drug effects
Heart Rate - physiology
Human Physiology
Immobility Response, Tonic - physiology
Instrumentation
Life Sciences
Lizards - physiology
Morphology
Norepinephrine - pharmacology
Original Paper
Physical restraints
Physiology
Reptiles
Reptiles & amphibians
Restraint, Physical - physiology
Zoology
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Summary:The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the simplest and most effective non-invasive method to assess the electrical activity of the heart and to obtain information on the heart rate (HR) and rhythm. Because information on the HR of very small reptiles (body mass
ISSN:0174-1578
1432-136X
DOI:10.1007/s00360-014-0873-5