Biology ETDs

Rex H. Howard

Publication Date

1967

Abstract

Interest in hibernation has risen in past years. With new techniques we are now better able to observe and evaluate some of hibernation's mysteries. Investigation of electrolyte metabolism and its regulatory systems at low temperatures may provide clues to the adaptive mechanism of hibernation. With sodium as the principal extracellular cation of the mammalian organism, information about the above might be gained from studies utilizing radiosodium (22Na) and isotope tracer techniques. Radiosodium studies were therefore initiated for several reasons: (i) an interest in hibernation, (ii) an interest in factors regulating electrolyte metabolism, (iii) an attempt to define the temperature dependent and temperature independent mechanisms of sodium metabolism, (iv) an attempt to assess the role of circulation in distributing 22Na at various temperatures, and (v) an attempt to demonstrate kidney function and 22Na distribution at lowered temperatures.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

M. L. Riedesel

Second Committee Member

John W. Beakley

Third Committee Member

Gordon Verle Johnson

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