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Clark TD, Cummings KJ, Schultz TJ. An exposé of Frappellian Motion. J Comp Physiol B 2021; 191:1125-1129. [PMID: 34523012 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01404-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Contrary to the well-recognised role of an abstract in helping to summarise the main points of the following article, this abstract takes its influence from Peter B. Frappell ('Frapps') and, therefore, is distracted from its key purpose. While the abstract was supposed to discuss the serious phenomenon of 'Frappellian Motion' (FM), someone just passed along some gossip that is heaps more exciting, so "let's go grab a beer and I'll talk at you".
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Affiliation(s)
- T D Clark
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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Kolomeyets NL, Roshchevskaya IM. The electrical resistivity of a segment of the tail, lungs, liver, and intercostal muscles of the grass snake during in vivo cooling. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350916050110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Zena LA, Dantonio V, Gargaglioni LH, Andrade DV, Abe AS, Bícego KC. Winter metabolic depression does not change arterial baroreflex control of heart rate in the tegu lizard (Salvator merianae). J Exp Biol 2016; 219:725-33. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.129130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Baroreflex regulation of blood pressure (BP) is important for maintaining appropriate tissue perfusion. Although temperature affects heart rate (fH) reflex regulation in some reptiles and toads, no data are available on the influence of temperature-independent metabolic states on baroreflex. The South American tegu lizard Salvator merianae exhibits a clear seasonal cycle of activity decreasing fH along with winter metabolic downregulation, independent of body temperature. Through pharmacological interventions (phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside), the baroreflex control of fH was studied at ∼25°C in spring-summer and winter-acclimated tegus.
In winter lizards, resting and minimum fH were lower than in spring-summer animals (respectively, 13.3±0.82 vs 10.3±0.81 and 11.2±0.65 vs 7.97±0.88 beats.min−1), while no acclimation differences occurred in resting BP (5.14±0.38 vs 5.06±0.56 kPa), baroreflex gain (94.3±10.7 vs 138.7±30.3 %.kPa−1) and rate-pressure product (an index of myocardial activity). Vagal tone exceeded the sympathetic tone of fH especially in the winter group. Therefore, despite the lower fH, winter acclimation does not diminish the fH baroreflex responses nor rate-pressure product possibly because of increased stroke volume that may arise due to heart hypertrophy. Independent of acclimation, fH responded more to hypotension than to hypertension. This should imply that tegus, which have no pressure separation within the single heart ventricle, must have other protection mechanisms against pulmonary hypertension or oedema, presumably through lymphatic drainage and/or vagal vasoconstriction of pulmonary artery. Such a predominant fH reflex response to hypothension, previously observed in anurans, crocodilians and mammals, may be a common feature of tetrapods.
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- Lucas A. Zena
- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, College of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, College of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, College of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Bioscience, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Bioscience, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, 13506-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, College of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology – Comparative Physiology (INCT- Fisiologia Comparada), Brazil
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Sanders CE, Tattersall GJ, Reichert M, Andrade DV, Abe AS, Milsom WK. Daily and annual cycles in thermoregulatory behaviour and cardio-respiratory physiology of black and white tegu lizards. J Comp Physiol B 2015; 185:905-15. [PMID: 26266400 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0928-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study was designed to determine the manner in which metabolism is suppressed during dormancy in black and white tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae). To this end, heart rate (fH), respiration rate (fR), and deep body temperature (Tb) were continuously monitored in outdoor enclosures by radio-telemetry for nine months. There was a continuous decline in nighttime breathing and heart rate, at constant Tb, throughout the late summer and fall suggestive of an active metabolic suppression that developed progressively at night preceding the entrance into dormancy. During the day, however, the tegus still emerged to bask. In May, when the tegus made a behavioural commitment to dormancy, Tb (day and night) fell to match burrow temperature, accompanied by a further reduction in fH and fR. Tegus, under the conditions of this study, did arouse periodically during dormancy. There was a complex interplay between changes in fH and Tb associated with the direct effects of temperature and the indirect effects of thermoregulation, activity, and changes in metabolism. This interplay gave rise to a daily hysteresis in the fH/Tb relationship reflective of the physiological changes associated with warming and cooling as preferred Tb alternated between daytime and nighttime levels. The shape of the hysteresis curve varied with season along with changes in metabolic state and daytime and nighttime body temperature preferences.
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- Colin E Sanders
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Depto de Zoologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Fisiologia Comparada, Univ Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
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- Depto de Zoologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Fisiologia Comparada, Univ Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Zamora-Camacho FJ, Reguera S, Moreno-Rueda G. Bergmann's Rule rules body size in an ectotherm: heat conservation in a lizard along a 2200-metre elevational gradient. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:2820-8. [PMID: 25387908 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bergmann's Rule predicts larger body sizes in colder habitats, increasing organisms' ability to conserve heat. Originally formulated for endotherms, it is controversial whether Bergmann's Rule may be applicable to ectotherms, given that larger ectotherms show diminished capacity for heating up. We predict that Bergmann's Rule will be applicable to ectotherms when the benefits of a higher conservation of heat due to a larger body size overcompensate for decreased capacity to heating up. We test this hypothesis in the lizard Psammodromus algirus, which shows increased body size with elevation in Sierra Nevada (SE Spain). We measured heating and cooling rates of lizards from different elevations (from 300 to 2500 m above sea level) under controlled conditions. We found no significant differences in the heating rate along an elevational gradient. However, the cooling rate diminished with elevation and body size: highland lizards, with larger masses, have a higher thermal inertia for cooling, which allows them to maintain heat for more time and keep a high body temperature despite the lower thermal availability. Consequently, the net gaining of heat increased with elevation and body size. This study highlights that the heat conservation mechanism for explaining Bergmann's Rule works and is applicable to ectotherms, depending on the thermal benefits and costs associated with larger body sizes.
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- F J Zamora-Camacho
- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Marks C, Eme J, Elsey RM, Crossley DA. Chronic hypoxic incubation blunts thermally dependent cholinergic tone on the cardiovascular system in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). J Comp Physiol B 2013; 183:947-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-013-0755-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clark TD, Taylor BD, Seymour RS, Ellis D, Buchanan J, Fitzgibbon QP, Frappell PB. Moving with the beat: heart rate and visceral temperature of free-swimming and feeding bluefin tuna. Proc Biol Sci 2009; 275:2841-50. [PMID: 18755679 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Owing to the inherent difficulties of studying bluefin tuna, nothing is known of the cardiovascular function of free-swimming fish. Here, we surgically implanted newly designed data loggers into the visceral cavity of juvenile southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) to measure changes in the heart rate (fH) and visceral temperature (TV) during a two-week feeding regime in sea pens at Port Lincoln, Australia. Fish ranged in body mass from 10 to 21 kg, and water temperature remained at 18-19 degrees C. Pre-feeding fH typically ranged from 20 to 50 beats min(-1). Each feeding bout (meal sizes 2-7% of tuna body mass) was characterized by increased levels of activity and fH (up to 130 beats min(-1)), and a decrease in TV from approximately 20 to 18 degrees C as cold sardines were consumed. The feeding bout was promptly followed by a rapid increase in TV, which signified the beginning of the heat increment of feeding (HIF). The time interval between meal consumption and the completion of HIF ranged from 10 to 24 hours and was strongly correlated with ration size. Although fH generally decreased after its peak during the feeding bout, it remained elevated during the digestive period and returned to routine levels on a similar, but slightly earlier, temporal scale to TV. These data imply a large contribution of fH to the increase in circulatory oxygen transport that is required for digestion. Furthermore, these data oppose the contention that maximum fH is exceptional in bluefin tuna compared with other fishes, and so it is likely that enhanced cardiac stroke volume and blood oxygen carrying capacity are the principal factors allowing superior rates of circulatory oxygen transport in tuna.
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- T D Clark
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Aquafin CRC, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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Seebacher F, Franklin CE. Redistribution of blood within the body is important for thermoregulation in an ectothermic vertebrate (Crocodylus porosus). J Comp Physiol B 2007; 177:841-8. [PMID: 17639414 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0181-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2007] [Revised: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Changes in blood flow are a principal mechanism of thermoregulation in vertebrates. Changes in heart rate will alter blood flow, although multiple demands for limited cardiac output may compromise effective thermoregulation. We tested the hypothesis that regional differences in blood flow during heating and cooling can occur independently from changes in heart rate. We measured heart rate and blood pressure concurrently with blood flow in the crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. We measured changes in blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry, and by injecting coloured microspheres. All measurements were made under different heat loads, with and without blocking cholinergic and beta-adrenergic receptors (autonomic blockade). Heart rates were significantly faster during heating than cooling in the control animals, but not when autonomic receptors were blocked. There were no significant differences in blood flow distribution between the control and autonomic blockade treatments. In both treatments, blood flow was directed to the dorsal skin and muscle and away from the tail and duodenum during heating. When the heat source was switched off, there was a redistribution of blood from the dorsal surface to the duodenum. Blood flow to the leg skin and muscle, and to the liver did not change significantly with thermal state. Blood pressure was significantly higher during the autonomic blockade than during the control. Thermal time constants of heating and cooling were unaffected by the blockade of autonomic receptors. We concluded that animals partially compensated for a lack of differential heart rates during heating and cooling by redistributing blood within the body, and by increasing blood pressure to increase flow. Hence, measures of heart rate alone are insufficient to assess physiological thermoregulation in reptiles.
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- Frank Seebacher
- School of Biological Sciences A08, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia.
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Green JA, Frappell PB, Clark TD, Butler PJ. Predicting rate of oxygen consumption from heart rate while little penguins work, rest and play. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 150:222-30. [PMID: 16870483 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The relationship between heart rate (f(H)) and rate of oxygen consumption (V(.)O2) was investigated under changing conditions of ambient temperature, digestive state and exercise state in the little penguin (Eudyptula minor). Both f(H) and V(.)O2 were recorded simultaneously from 12 little penguins while they each (a) rested and exercised within their reported thermo-neutral zone (TNZ), (b) rested and exercised below their reported TNZ and (c) digested a meal of sardines within their reported TNZ. Contrary to our expectations, we found that minimum V(.)O2 did not vary between the two temperatures used. Comparison with values from the literature suggests that both minimum V(.)O2 and the extent of the TNZ in this species may vary along a latitudinal gradient. Furthermore, while minimum V(.)O2 was unchanged at the lower temperature, minimum f(H) was significantly higher, suggesting a hitherto undescribed cardiac response to lowered ambient temperature in an avian species. This response was maintained when the penguins exercised within and below their apparent TNZ as f(H) was significantly greater in cold conditions for a given level of V(.)O2. Furthermore, both f(H) and V(.)O2 were slightly but significantly elevated for a given walking speed during exercise at the lower temperature. This suggests that the penguins may have been close to their TNZ and that the measures employed to counteract heat loss while at rest may have been compromised during exercise. There was no significant difference in the relationship between f(H) and V(.)O2 while the penguins were inactive ina post-digestive state or inactive and digesting a meal within their TNZ, though both of these relationships were significantly different from that during exercise. This suggests that while digestion has no effect on the f(H)/V(.)O2 relationship, for little penguins at least, it is of little value in deriving a predictive relationship for application to active free-ranging animals.
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- J A Green
- Department of Zoology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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