The purpose of this study was to correlate the preoperative level of antioxidant defenses, measured by the plasma total antioxidant capacity (TAC), to the degree of postoperative systemic inflammatory response, measured by the severity of pulmonary…
The common frog, Rana temporaria, overwinters under the ice of frozen lakes and ponds, during which time metabolic, respiratory and behavioural adjustments act in concert to conserve metabolic fuels by promoting aerobic metabolism. Animal behaviour…
Mitochondria-derived oxygen-free radical(s) are important mediators of oxidative cellular injury. It is widely hypothesized that excess NO enhances O(2)(center dot-) generated by mitochondria under certain pathological conditions. In the…
Decompression syndrome (caisson disease or the "the bends") resulting in avascular necrosis has been documented in mosasaurs, sauropterygians, ichthyosaurs, and turtles from the Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous, but it was unclear that this disease…
