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Extracellular Volume, Electrocardiogram and Anion Distribution in Hibernating Hamster Ventricle

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Journal Experientia
Specialty Science
Date 1983 Apr 15
PMID 6832309
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Abstract

The intracellular Cl concentration, [Cl]i, was found to be significantly larger and the extracellular volume (ECV), much smaller in ventricles of hibernating hamsters as compared to non-hibernators. The decreased ECV in ventricles of hibernators was consistent with an increased R wave component of the ECG, as well as a lower mean fraction tissue water, fH2O, of these tissues.

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