This article's objectives are to investigate the relationship between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production (oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis) and fertility of bovine spermatozoa, determine the proportion of oxygen consumption devoted to proton leak and that due to nonmitochondrial processes, and discover whether freeze/thawing affects sperm oxygen consumption. Oxygen consumption of b...

This study aimed to investigate the influence of increasing salinity concentrations on some indicators of energy consumption such as dissolved oxygen consumption, the consumed energy, as well as the levels of blood glucose in Carassius auratus (Goldfish), because of their direct relation with the metabolism rates when fish are exposed to exertion. Fish with an average weight of 37.5+2.5 g were ...

Background: The relationship between the shuttle walk test and peak oxygen consumption in patients with lung cancer has not previously been reported. A study was undertaken to examine this relationship in patients referred for lung cancer surgery to test the hypothesis that the shuttle walk test would be useful in this clinical setting. Methods: 125 consecutive patients with potentially operabl...

1. Oxygen consumption, thoracic temperature, and action potentials from the fibrillar muscles were concurrently recorded in queens and workers of Bombus vosnesenstni. 2. The oxygen consumption of 'inactive' bees (quiescent and/or producing fewer than 0-3 spikes/sec) was markedly temperature-sensitive, with a Qlo of 3-4 for thoracic temperatures of 25-35 °C3. The oxygen consumption of bees with ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The pathophysiology of deafferentation-induced changes after stroke remains unclear. Some supratentorial strokes cause persistent decreases in blood flow and metabolism in the contralateral cerebellum (persistent crossed cerebellar diaschisis[CCD]). Our previous study showed uncoupling of oxygen consumption and blood flow in this condition, which may reflect a characteris...

The effects of propranolol on whole body oxygen consumption and blood oxygen content were measured in the dog during extreme hypoxic conditions. At 9% inspired oxygen four of eight control animals died within 40 min. An identical second group was pretreated with propranolol and none died during the same hypoxic stress. Hypoxia decreased oxygen consumption in both groups, but the decrease was le...