Search Results - "Muñoz, P L"

Intraspecific Variability in the Basal Metabolic Rate: Testing the Food Habits Hypothesis by Bozinovic, Francisco, Muñoz, José L. P., Cruz‐Neto, Ariovaldo P.

“…Several competing hypotheses attempt to explain how environmental conditions affect mass‐independent basal metabolic rate (BMR) in mammals. One of the most…”
Get full text

Melatonin in octopus (Octopus vulgaris): tissue distribution, daily changes and relation with serotonin and its acid metabolite by Muñoz, José L. P., López Patiño, Marcos A., Hermosilla, Consuelo, Conde-Sieira, Marta, Soengas, José L., Rocha, Francisco, Míguez, Jesús M.

“…Information regarding melatonin production in molluscs is very limited. In this study the presence and daily fluctuations of melatonin levels were investigated…”
Get full text

Follicular Development and Secretion of Ovarian Hormones during the Juvenile and Adult Reproductive Lives of the Myelin Mutant taiep Rat: An Animal Model of Demyelinating Diseases by Ugarte, A., Cortés, C., Eguibar, Jose R., Muñoz-de-la-Torre, L. P., Trujillo, A.

“…Infertility and reproductive problems have been reported in women with several neurological disorders, for example, demyelination. However, the physiology of…”
Get full text

Adjusting energy expenditures to energy supply: food availability regulates torpor use and organ size in the Chilean mouse-opossum Thylamys elegans by Bozinovic, Francisco, Muñoz, José L. P., Naya, Daniel E., Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P.

Get full text

Environmental salinity-modified osmoregulatory response in the sub-Antarctic notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus by Vargas-Chacoff, L., Moneva, F., Oyarzún, R., Martínez, D., Muñoz, J. L. P., Bertrán, C., Mancera, J. M.

“…In this study we assessed changes in the osmoregulatory system of juvenile sub-Antarctic Eleginops maclovinus submitted to different environmental salinities…”
Get full text

Metabolic responses to salinity changes in the subantarctic notothenioid teleost Eleginops maclovinus by Vargas-Chacoff, L., Moneva, F., Oyarzún, R., Martínez, D., Saavedra, E., Ruiz-Jarabo, I., Muñoz, J. L. P., Bertrán, C., Mancera, J. M.

“…Eleginops maclovinus is an endemic, subantarctic Notothenioidei species. This study examined the influence of different environmental salinities (5, 15, and 45…”
Get full text

A simple and sensitive method for determination of melatonin in plasma, bile and intestinal tissues by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection by Muñoz, José L.P., Ceinos, Rosa M., Soengas, José L., Míguez, Jesús M.

“…This paper describes the development of a simple and sensitive method for routine quantification of melatonin in low sample amounts by using standard equipment…”
Get full text

Idiopathic gigantomastia exacerbated during pregnancy. Its relationship with autoimmunity: A case report by Biancha‐Vasco, Juan M., Muñoz P., Anyela L., Gómez, Jessica, Rios‐Serna, Lady J., Ruiz‐Ordoñez, Ingrid, Tobón, Gabriel J., Sua, Luz Fernanda, Sánchez, Aura, Cañas, Carlos A.

“…Gigantomastia is a rare entity characterized by diffuse and excessive breast enlargement. It mainly occurs during puberty and pregnancy as a consequence of…”
Get full text

Dietary intakes in a group of marihuana smoking patients by De Luis, D A, Armentia, A, Muñoz, P L, Dueñas-Laita, A, Martín, B, De la Fuente, B, Izaola, O

“…Marihuana use has effects on appetite; studies in the literature on this topic area are limited. The aim of our work was to evaluate the dietary intake of…”
Get full text

Effects of the ectoparasite Caligus rogercresseyi on Salmo salar blood parameters under farm conditions by González, Margarita P., Muñoz, José L.P., Valerio, Víctor, Vargas-Chacoff, Luis

“…Between 2006 and 2009, the Chilean salmon industry suffered a major sanitary crisis caused by outbreaks of infectious salmon anemia virus and Caligus…”
Get full text

Some vaguely explored (but not trivial) costs of tail autotomy in lizards by Naya, Daniel E., Veloso, Claudio, Muñoz, José L.P., Bozinovic, Francisco

“…Lizard tail autotomy is considered an efficient anti-predator strategy that allows animals to escape from a predator attack. However, since the tail also is…”
Get full text

The effect of alterations in salinity and temperature on neuroendocrine responses of the Antarctic fish Harpagifer antarcticus by Vargas-Chacoff, L., Muñoz, J.L.P., Ocampo, D., Paschke, Kurt, Navarro, Jorge M.

“…Increased levels of tissue monoaminergic neurotransmitters, as well as circulating catecholamines, appear to play a role in the regulation of the physiological…”
Get full text

Thermoregulatory behavior, heat gain and thermal tolerance in the periwinkle Echinolittorina peruviana in central Chile by Muñoz, José L.P., Randall Finke, G., Camus, Patricio A., Bozinovic, Francisco

“…The amount of solar radiation absorbed by an organism is a function of the intensity of the radiation and the area of the organism exposed to the source of the…”
Get full text

Intestinal variation of serotonin, melatonin, and digestive enzymes activities along food passage time through GIT in Salmo salar fed with supplemented diets with tryptophan and melatonin by Mardones, O., Oyarzún-Salazar, R., Labbé, B.S., Miguez, J.M., Vargas-Chacoff, L., Muñoz, J.L.P.

“…In teleosts, peripheral serotonin (5-HT) and melatonin (MEL) are synthesised in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and regulate secretion and motility processes…”
Get full text

The fasted and post-prandial physiological responses of the Patagonian blennie Eleginops maclovinus by Oyarzún-Salazar, R., Martínez, D., Nualart, D., Muñoz, J.L.P., Vargas-Chacoff, L.

“…Eleginops maclovinus is a native species with potential for Chilean aquaculture. Understanding the variations between the post-prandial and fasted metabolic…”
Get full text

Effect of ration level on growth performance, body composition, intermediary metabolism and serum parameters in juvenile Patagonian blennie Eleginops maclovinus by Oyarzún, R., Martínez, D., Soto-Dávila, M., Muñoz, J.L.P., Dantagnan, P., Vargas-Chacoff, L.

“…Eleginops maclovinus is an endemic species of the southern cone with beneficial physiological characteristics for aquaculture. However, this species has a low…”
Get full text

Adjusting energy expenditures to energy supply: food availability regulates torpor use and organ size in the Chilean mouse-opossum Thylamys elegans by Bozinovic, Francisco, Muñoz, José L P, Naya, Daniel E, Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P

“…We studied how food abundance and consumption regulates torpor use and internal organ size in the Chilean mouse-opossum Thylamys elegans (Dielphidae), a small…”
Get full text

Immunological response of the Sub-Antarctic Notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus injected with two strains of Piscirickettsia salmonis by Martínez, D., Díaz-Ibarrola, D., Vargas-Lagos, C., Oyarzún, R., Pontigo, J.P., Muñoz, J.L.P., Yáñez, A.J., Vargas-Chacoff, L.

“…Eleginops maclovinus is an endemic fish to Chile that lives in proximity to salmonid culture centers, feeding off of uneaten pellet and salmonid feces…”
Get full text

The effects of intraperitoneal administration of Francisella noatunensis subsp. noatunensis on hepatic intermediary metabolism and indicators of stress in Patagonian blennie Eleginops maclovinus by Oyarzún, R., Vargas-Lagos, C., Martínez, D., Muñoz, J.L.P., Dantagnan, L.P., Vargas-Chacoff, L.

“…Francisellosis is a disease produced by Francisella spp. which affects farmed fish. Eleginops maclovinus specimens can be caught close to salmon farming…”
Get full text

Oral administration of melatonin counteracts several of the effects of chronic stress in rainbow trout by Conde-Sieira, M., Muñoz, J.L.P., López-Patiño, M.A., Gesto, M., Soengas, J.L., Míguez, J.M.

“…To assess a possible antistress role of melatonin in fish, we orally administered melatonin to rainbow trout for 10 d and then kept the fish under normal or…”
Get full text