Disease relevance of Rana pipiens

• Effect of thyroxine on induction of Lucké renal adenocarcinomas in Lucké tumor herpesvirus-infected leopard frog tadpoles [1].
• The role of mineralized tissue in the buffering of lactic acid during anoxia and exercise in the leopard frog Rana pipiens [2].
• Role of antioxidant defenses in the tolerance of severe dehydration by anurans. The case of the leopard frog Rana pipiens [3].

High impact information on Rana pipiens

• On the basis of histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells, an octadecapeptide was isolated from the skin extract of the Northern Leopard frog (Rana pipiens) [4].
• Peptide leucine arginine, a potent immunomodulatory peptide isolated and structurally characterized from the skin of the Northern Leopard frog, Rana pipiens [4].
• The influence of photo-illumination and season on the pineal and hypothalamic content of TRH in the leopard frog (Rana pipiens) was studied [5].
• Sex differences and hormone influences on tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive cells in the leopard frog [6].
• Using tectal brain slices from the leopard frog, we found that application of nicotine (100 microM) evoked long-lasting responses in 60% of patch-clamped tectal cells [7].

Biological context of Rana pipiens

• Treatment with thyroxine had no effect on the concentration of glycogen in skeletal muscle of leopard frogs held at either of the acclimation temperatures used in this study [8].

Anatomical context of Rana pipiens

• Oocytes of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, contain soluble tubulin which was previously shown to exist predominantly in megadalton (MDa) fractions and that fails to readily assemble in vitro [9].
• We loaded adult leopard frog optic nerves with the calcium-sensitive dye Calcium Green-1 3000 mw dextran conjugate [10].
• Neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity of a projection from the lateral thalamic nucleus to the optic tectum of the leopard frog [11].
• The distribution of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase in the leopard frog telencephalon and related projections [12].
• Effects of testosterone administration and castration on the forelimb musculature of male leopard frogs, Rana pipiens [13].

Associations of Rana pipiens with chemical compounds

• 1. The vasodilator response to acetylcholine (ACh) was investigated in the aortic arches of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens) [14].
• Pretrigeminal nucleus of leopard frog concentrates 2-deoxy-d-glucose during release calling [15].
• A dose-response curve generated by short applications of L-glutamate demonstrated that wood frog motoneurons were less sensitive than leopard frog motoneurons to L-glutamate [16].
• Immunohistochemical distribution of enkephalin, substance P, and somatostatin in the brainstem of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens [17].
• Social influences on androgen levels in the southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala [18].

Gene context of Rana pipiens

• Soluble tubulin complexes in oocytes of the common leopard frog, Rana pipiens, contain gamma-tubulin [9].
• Seeing beyond the midline: the role of the contralateral isthmotectal projection in the leopard frog [19].
• Linkage analysis of the transferrin, albumin, and hemoglobin loci in leopard frogs [20].
• Frog lysozyme. V. Isolation and some physical and immunochemical properties of lysozyme isozymes of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens [21].
• We have tested two novel peptides, a fibronectin peptide and a fibronectin receptor peptide, for their effects on gastrulation of the leopard frog Rana pipiens [22].

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