cyprinus carpio is a stenohaline species but can tolerate some ranges of changes in environmental salinities, so histomorphological methods and na+-k+ atpase and aquaporin 3 immunohistochemistry were performed on common carp kidney as an osmoregulatory organ in experimental groups and control in order to investigate their possible roles during salinity challenge. five groups of fish (n=25) with...

introduction: ouabaine is a well-known atrioventricular (av) node depressant agent, but its effects on functional properties of the av node have not been cleared. the aim of the present study was to determine how ouabaine administration modifies the rate-dependent properties of the av node. methods: selective stimulation protocols were used to quantify independently electrophysiological propert...

a greenhouse research work was conducted to study the patterns of na+ and k+ distribution in root, stem and leaf during three growth stages of four iranian alfalfa ecotypes and to find correlation between these patterns and plant salt tolerance. treatments were replicated three times in a factorial experiment of a completely randomized block design. based on the threshold of salt tolerance in a...

The influence of exogenous application of glycine betaine (GlyBet) was examined on photosynthetic pigments and ions concentration of safflower under salinity stress conditions. The experiment was performed in a randomized complete block design arranged as a factorial with three replications. Salinity treatments (0, 50, 100, and 150 mM) were applied using sodium chloride (NaCl). GlyBet (0, 10, 3...

macrobrachium rosenbergii lifecycle is unique so that the adults thrive in freshwater and larval development requires brackish water environments near to estuaries as close as possible to larval body isosmotic for minimum na/k-atpase activity and maximum atp storage. osmoregulation system at early larval stages is not formed and larval osmoregulation is mainly attributed to na/k-atpase activity...

This paper reports experiments designed to find the concentrations of internal and external Na and K at which inward and outward furosemide-sensitive (FS) Na and K fluxes are equal, so that there is no net FS movement of Na and K. The red cell cation content was modified by using the ionophore nystatin, varying cell Na (Nai) from 0 to 34 mM (K substitution, high-K cells) and cell K (Ki) from 0 ...

An experiment was conducted in Algerian desert goats to study the effect of age and season on blood biochemical and mineral profile during different physiological stages of the goats. Serum Ca, Mg and Na levels were significantly high at birth and decreases as the age advanced. The season had a significant effect on the decreased levels of Ca, Mg and K and inversely on the increased levels of N...