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PubMed1984

Mass transport in mammalian lungs: comparative physiology.

Comparative physiology of mass transport of gases in mammalian lungs is surveyed in terms of the use of experimental mammals in inhalation toxicology. Principles of similarity, scaling, and the relationship of metabolism to body size are touched on, with reference to the wide variability among mammals of similar size. Mechanisms that influence the magnitude and distribution of pulmonary ventilation are reviewed, including mechanical differences associated with variation in body size. More systematic and complete descriptions and understanding are needed. Recent advances in the understanding of gas mixing and transport in airways and in the pulmonary acinus have applications in comparative physiology and inhalation toxicology that are worth exploring.

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PubMed1991

From comparative physiology to toxicological risk assessment.

1. Comparative physiology may help to improve the toxicologists' ability to assess and predict toxicological risks of chemicals. 2. Three main lines of approach have been distinguished, A: comparative research concerning the toxicokinetics of chemicals in different species; B: research concerning ecophysiological characteristics and C: studies aimed at the identification of biological markers that can be used to signal toxic effects in both experimental and free living populations of organisms. 3. Some remarks are made on limiting conditions to be fulfilled in order to make comparative physiology valuable from a toxicological point of view.

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PubMed1989

Comparative physiology and biochemistry: challenges for the future.

1. Comparative physiology is distinguished from other types of physiology by treating the diversity of solutions of functional problems and by using kind of animal as a functional variable. 2. The strength of comparative physiology os its capacity to give some solutions to problems in basic biology. 3. Specific examples of subject areas to which comparative physiology contributes are: (a) mechanisms underlying evolution; (b) the nature of speciation; (c) comparative cognitive science, neural models for behavior; and (d) applications of molecular techniques to physiology of whole animals. 4. Applications continue in ecology, medicine and agriculture. 5. The breadth of the comparative approach to physiology has important philosophical implications.

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