"Salt Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound tubular gland, located around the eyes and nasal passages in marine animals and birds, the physiology of which figures in water-electrolyte balance. The Pekin duck serves as a common research animal in salt gland studies. A rectal gland or rectal salt gland in the dogfish shark is attached at the junction of the intestine and cloaca and aids the kidneys in removing excess salts from the blood. (Storer, Usinger, Stebbins & Nybakken: General Zoology, 6th ed, p658)
| Descriptor ID |
D012491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.811
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| Concept/Terms |
Salt Gland- Salt Gland
- Gland, Salt
- Glands, Salt
- Salt Glands
- Rectal Gland
- Gland, Rectal
- Glands, Rectal
- Rectal Glands
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Salt Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Stoff JS, Silva P, Lechan R, Solomon R, Epstein FH. Neural control of shark rectal gland. Am J Physiol. 1988 Aug; 255(2 Pt 2):R212-6.
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Chipkin SR, Stoff JS, Aronin N. Immunohistochemical evidence for neural mediation of VIP activity in the dogfish rectal gland. Peptides. 1988 Jan-Feb; 9(1):119-24.
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Silva P, Stoff JS, Solomon RJ, Lear S, Kniaz D, Greger R, Epstein FH. Atrial natriuretic peptide stimulates salt secretion by shark rectal gland by releasing VIP. Am J Physiol. 1987 Jan; 252(1 Pt 2):F99-103.
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Silva P, Stoff JS, Leone DR, Epstein FH. Mode of action of somatostatin to inhibit secretion by shark rectal gland. Am J Physiol. 1985 Sep; 249(3 Pt 2):R329-34.
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Solomon R, Taylor M, Stoff JS, Silva P, Epstein FH. In vivo effect of volume expansion on rectal gland function. I. Humoral factors. Am J Physiol. 1984 Jan; 246(1 Pt 2):R63-6.
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Epstein FH, Stoff JS, Silva P. Mechanism and control of hyperosmotic NaCl-rich secretion by the rectal gland of Squalus acanthias. J Exp Biol. 1983 Sep; 106:25-41.
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Epstein FH, Stoff JS, Silva P. Hormonal control of secretion in shark rectal gland. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1981; 372:613-25.
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Silva P, Stoff J, Epstein FH. Indirect evidence for enhancement of Na-K-ATPase activity with stimulation of rectal gland secretion. Am J Physiol. 1979 Dec; 237(6):F468-72.
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Stoff JS, Rosa R, Hallac R, Silva P, Epstein FH. Hormonal regulation of active chloride transport in the dogfish rectal gland. Am J Physiol. 1979 Aug; 237(2):F138-44.
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Eveloff J, Kinne R, Kinne-Saffran E, Murer H, Silva P, Epstein FH, Stoff J, Kinter WB. Coupled sodium and chloride transport into plasma membrane vesicles prepared from dogfish rectal gland. Pflugers Arch. 1978 Dec 28; 378(2):87-92.