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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Samples of juveniles and adults of the goby Pseudogobius olorum were collected from seven sites in the shallows of the upper Swan Estuary, Western Australia, using a 3 mm-mesh seine net on one or two occasions in each month between September 1983 and April 1985. The mean gonadosomatic index of female fish rose from very low values in winter (June–August) to a sharp peak in mid-spring (October), reflecting the rapid maturation of ovaries over, this period. Ovaries with post-ovulatory follicles and ovaries that were undergoing degeneration were present, in November and December, but were then either rare or absent in those members of the corresponding cohort which survived into January and February. Female fish with advanced oocytes and mature ovaries were not found in December and January, but were present in February to April. The above trends exhibited by ovarian maturity indices, together with the appearance of larvae and small fish in both spring and autumn, demonstrate that P. olorum spawns in both spring and autumn and at best to only a limited extent in summer. Length-frequency and gonadal data show that the progeny of the spring-spawning group frequently spawn in the following autumn, when they are ∼ 5 mo old, and that those of the autumn-spawning group frequently spawn in the following spring, when they are ∼ 7 mo old. Some representatives of these two spawning groups survive through the winter and summer, respectively, to breed in a second season. Growth of the progeny of the spring-spawning group was relatively rapid between late spring and mid-autumn, whereas that of the autumn-spawning group was negligible during winter, but then inceased markedly in spring. It is proposed that the biannual spawning periods in each year by P. olorum in the Swan Estuary developed as a result of a rise in water temperature over the last few thousand years. Such a rise would have brought forward further into spring and extended later into autumn the periods when the water temperatures lie within the range (20 to 25°C) at which P. olorum typically spawns. However, mid-summer is now characterised by water temperatures 〉25°C, which are considered less conducive to reproductive success.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Samples collected monthly from the Swan Estuary between March 1978 and May 1979, together with environmental data for 1977 to 1980, have been used to elucidate various aspects of the reproductive biology of Amniataba caudavittata in this estuary. The gonads of A. caudavittala started to develop rapidly in the spring, when day length, water temperatures and salinities were increasing markedly. Spawning, which occurred mainly towards the top end of the upper estuary, was initiated in November, when water temperatures and salinities in that region were c. 24° C and 9‰, and it peaked in December/January when they were c. IT C and 17%○, Maturity is attained by at least the majority offish at the end of the second and each subsequent year of life. Although some of the larger 1-year-old fish attained maturity, this occurred in only one of the two tributary rivers, possibly reflecting differences in the salinity regimes in these rivers. Fecundities ranged from 50 000 in a 150-mm fish to 705 000 in a 254-mm fish, with a mean of 310 000. The mature, unfertilized eggs are small and spherical and have a diameter of 560 μm. The larvae are pelagic and characterized by an elongate body, which becomes moderately deep and laterally compressed during development, a short to moderate, tightly-coiled gut, a distinct gap between the anus and the origin of the anal fin and 25 or 26 myomeres. The development of fins and settlement of A. caudavittata larvae occurs at a smaller size than in the larvae of other terapontid species previously described. The success of A. caudavittata in the Swan Estuary can be attributed in part to its production of very large numbers of eggs at a time when, due to low fresh water discharge and a smait tidal range, conditions in the estuary are relatively stable. Comparisons between the biology of A. caudavittata and that of other abundant teleosts that spawn in south-western Australian estuaries show that these species exhibit a wide range of reproductive strategies.
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  • 3
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    BJOG 98 (1991), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-0528
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 4
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Phytochemistry 10 (1971), S. 2355-2359 
    ISSN: 0031-9422
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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  • 5
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 45 (1994), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Samples of Amniataba caudavittata were collected from the Swan Estuary in south-western Australia between February 1977 and December 1980, using seine nets in inshore shallow waters and gillnets and otter trawls in offshore waters. Although fish could only be aged using otoliths until they were 18–22 months old, they had by that time reached c. 75% of their final length. The mean lengths of the cohorts determined by using MIX, which analysed each of the monthly length-frequency distributions independently, were similar to those yielded by MULTIFAN, which constrains the means of each of the sequential and corresponding cohorts to a von Bertalanffy growth curve. Consequently, the von Bertalanffy growth curve parameters determined by MULTIFAN and those derived from the use of the means produced by MIX were similar. The clear cut trends exhibited by the progression of modal lengths in successive samples, and their close correspondence to the trends shown by the growth curves, demonstrate that many A. caudavittata live for at least 3 years. Growth was seasonal and confined to the warmer months of the year. The apparent negative growth recorded in winter can be attributed to a tendency for the smaller representatives of the different cohorts to remain inshore at that time and thus to be more susceptible to capture by seine netting, the main sampling method. Offshore movements by larger fish in the winter allow those fish to remain in the high salinities found beneath the pronounced haioclines that form in the deeper waters of this estuary during the heavy freshwater discharge that occurs typically at that time of the year. Adult A. caudavittata move into the upper estuary where spawning occurs, with considerable numbers of the resultant juveniles then moving downstream into the middle estuary. A, caudavittata is a benthic omnivore, with the 0+ age class ingesting algae and a range of small crustaceans, while older fish prey to a greater extent on polychaetes.
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  • 6
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    Springer
    Pediatric surgery international 14 (1998), S. 104-110 
    ISSN: 1437-9813
    Keywords: Key words Allotransplantation ; Liver ; Situs inversus ; Biliary atresia ; Polysplenia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Situs inversus (SI) and the polysplenia syndrome (PS) occur relatively frequently in patients with biliary atresia, the largest subgroup of pediatric liver transplantation patients. We present two cases of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in pediatric patients with SI. One had SI totalis, where a normal liver was placed in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) with the right lobe overlying the vertebral column. The second had PS and isolated SI of the liver, and a living-related left-lateral-segment graft was placed in the LUQ. Although multiple, often unpredictable vascular and intestinal anomalies occur frequently in association with SI, particularly in the setting of the PS, these cases, as well as several others recently reported, reveal that these anomalies can be managed successfully by a variety of technical modifications of the standard OLT technique. Likewise, concerns about the placement of a situs solitus liver in the midline or LUQ position of a SI abdomen have proved to be unfounded.
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  • 7
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    Journal of neural transmission 22 (1960), S. 1-13 
    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wurden mögliche neuroendokrine Funktionen der Area postrema durch Studium der Nebennierenrinden- und Marksubstanz-, der Thyreoidea- und der Gonadentätigkeit sowie des Kohlehydratstoffwechsels bei 13 Hunden nach chirurgischer Entfernung dieser Region untersucht. Normale unoperierte Tiere und 5 Hunde, deren Area postrema nur einer geringen Schädigung unterworten wurde, dienten als Kontrolle. Die Nebennierenrindenfunktion, gemessen durch die Ausschüttung von 17-Hydroxycorticoiden in die Nebennierenvene, durch das Nebennierengewicht und durch die histologischen Befunde, war normal. Auch die Schilddrüsenfunktion (Aufnahme von radioaktivem Jod, Schilddrüsengewicht und histologischer Befund) sowie die Morphologie der Keimdrüsen waren normal. Die Sekretion von Katecholaminen aus der Nebennierenmarksubstanz nach chirurgischem Trauma wurde durch die Läsion nicht beeinflußt. Der auf Blutung folgende Blutdruckabfall war etwas größer bei den Tieren mit Läsionen, jedoch war die Adrenalin- und Noradrenalinsekretion als Antwort auf diesen Reiz nicht verändert. Keine dauernde Änderung des Kohlehydratsoffwechsels wurde bei Blut- und Harnanalyse auf Zucker oder im Insulin-Toleranztest gefunden, jedoch führte bei 3 von 7 Hunden die elektrolytische Destruktion der Area postrema zu einer vorübergehenden Glykosurie. Die Ablation der Area postrema verhinderte das durch Apomorphin bedingte Erbrechen.
    Abstract: Résumé Des fonctions neuroendocriniennes possibles de I'area postrema furent examinées par I'étude de I'activité de la cortico- et médullo-surrénale, de la thyroïde et des gonades comme du métabolisme d'hydrate de carbone chez 13 chiens après extirpation chirurgicale de cette région. Des chiens non opérés normaux et 5 chiens chez lesquels I'area postrema n'était que peu modifiée furent employés comme contrôle. La fonction cortico-surrénale de I'excrétion des 17-hydrocorticoïdes dans la veine surrénale, déterminée par le poids des glandes surrénales et par I'examen histologique était normale. De même celle de la thyroïde (absorption de la iodine radioactive, poids de la thyroïde, examen histologique) ainsi que la morphologie des gonades. La sécrétion des catécholamines de la médullo-surrénale après traumatisme chirurgical n'était pas altérée. La chute de la pression artérielle après une hémorragie était un peu plus prononcée chez les animaux avec lésion, mais la sécrétion d'adrénaline et de noradrénaline comme réponse à ce stimulus n'était pas modifiée. Aucun changement durable du métabolisme d'hydrate de carbone fut trouvé par analyse du sang et de I'urine après tolérance-test de sucre et d'insuline. Mais la destruction électrolytique de I'area postrema chez 3 de 7 chiens provoqua une glycosurie passagère. L'ablation de I'area postrema inhiba le vomissement causé par I'apomorphine.
    Notes: Summary Possible neuroendocrine functions of the area postrema have been investigated by studying adrenal cortical, adrenal medullary, thyroid and gonadal function and carbohydrate metabolism in 13 dogs in which this region was surgically ablated. Normal unoperated animals and five dogs in which the area had sustained only minor damage served as controls. Adrenal cortical function, as measured by the output of 17-hydroxycorticoids in the adrenal vein and by adrenal weight and histological findings, was normal. Also normal were thyroid function (uptake of radioactive iodine, thyroid weight and histological findings) and testicular morphology. Secretion of catechol amines from the adrenal medulla after surgical trauma was not affected by the lesions. The fall in blood pressure following hemorrhage was slightly greater in the animals with lesions, but epinephrine and nor-epinephrine secretion in response to this stimulus were not abnormal. No chronic abnormality of carbohydrate metabolism was detected by analysis of the blood and urine for sugar or by insulin tolerance tests, but in three of seven dogs tested, electrolytic destruction of the area postrema led to transient glycosuria. Ablation of the area postrema prevented apomorphine-induced vomiting.
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  • 8
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    Journal of neural transmission 22 (1960), S. 14-32 
    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Hunde mit elektrolytisch zerstörter Area postrema wurden mit normalen Hunden und solchen mit verschiedenen Kontrolloperationen in folgender Hinsicht verglichen: 1. Natrium und Kaliumexkretion und Serumspiegel dieser Ionen bei normaler Salzdiät, 2. Reaktion auf Salzmangel, 3. Reaktion auf Wasserbelastung und auf Durst, 4. Reaktion auf Belastung mit hypertoner Salzlösung in nicht anästhesiertem und anästhesiertem Zustand. Bei den Hunden mit Läsionen der Area postrema trat kein dauernder abnormaler Elektrolytenstoffwechsel auf. Die Tiere zeigten auch bei Wasserbelastung eine Exkretion und konzentrierten ihren Harn bei Dehydrierung in normaler Weise. Sie antworteten jedoch nicht auf eine Belastung mit dem akuten Ansteigen der Natriumausscheidung, die bei normalen Hunden beobachtet wird. Dieser Defekt scheint zumindest teilweise dadurch bedingt, daß die Fähigkeit zur Verminderung der tubulären Rückresorption von Natrium entgegen den normalen Tieren, bei denen sie in hohem Maße vorhanden ist, fehlt. Die Folgerungen dieser Befunde werden diskutiert.
    Abstract: Résumé Des chiens avec destruction électrolytique de l'area postrema furent comparés à des chiens normaux et ceux avec des opérations contrôles variées: 1. Sodium- et potassium-excrétion et valeur de sérum de ces ions sous diète saline normale, 2. réaction sous déchloruration, 3. réponse à surcharge hydrique et à soif, 4. réaction après surcharge de solution chlorurée hypertone en état anaesthétique et non anaesthétique. Chez des chiens avec lésion de l'area postrema aucun métabolisme électrolytique durable se manifesta. Les animaux montrèrent aussi une excrétion sous surcharge hydrique et une concentration urinaire normale sous déshydratation. Mais ils ne montrèrent aucune augmentation aiguë de l'excrétion de sodium après surcharge, laquelle est observée chez des chiens normaux. Ces défets sont peut-être — au moins partiellement — causés par le manque pour diminuer la résorption tubulaire de sodium comparée à sa hauteur trouvée chez des chiens normaux. Les conséquences de ces résultats sont discutées.
    Notes: Summary Dogs in which the area postrema was destroyed electrolytically have been compared to normal dogs and dogs with various control operations with respect to (1) sodium and potassium excretion and serum levels of these ions on a normal salt diet; (2) their response to salt deprivation; (3) their response to water loading and water deprivation; and (4) their response to hypertonic salt loading in the unanesthetized and the anesthetized state. No chronic abnormalities of electrolyte metabolism were present in the dogs with lesions of the area postrema. They also excreted a water load and concentrated their urine in response to dehydration in a normal fashion. However, they did not respond to salt loading with the acute rise in sodium secretion seen in normal dogs. This defect appears to be due in part at least to a failure to decrease tubular reabsorbation of sodium to a great degree as the normal animals. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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    Cambridge : Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
    Macmillan's magazine. 54 (1886:May/Oct.) 261 
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    Cambridge : Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
    Macmillan's magazine. 58 (1888:May/Oct.) 103 
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