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  • Effects of exercise training on excitation-contraction coupling, calcium dynamics and protein expression in the heart of the Neotropical fish Brycon amazonicus.

Effects of exercise training on excitation-contraction coupling, calcium dynamics and protein expression in the heart of the Neotropical fish Brycon amazonicus.

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology (2017-10-03)
Rafael Zanelli Rissoli, Eliton da Silva Vasconcelos, Francisco Tadeu Rantin, Ana Lúcia Kalinin
ABSTRACT

Matrinxã (Brycon amazonicus) is a great swimming performance teleost fish from the Amazon basin. However, the possible cardiac adaptations of this ability are still unknown. Therefore, the aim of the present work was to investigate the effects of prolonged exercise (EX group - 60days under 0.4BL·s