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Abstract <p>One of the problems that ectothermic animals have to face during the fall of ambient temperature is the negative change in parameters of the cardiac electrical activity leading to a decrease in the cardiac output. This is crucially important for those ectotherms that remain highly active during the cold season. The present review discusses the known physiological mechanisms that allow the ectothermic vertebrates, primarily various fish species, to at least partially reduce the cold-induced changes of cardiac electrical activity and to maintain the functional capacity of the heart at a sufficient level for active life during the winter. These mechanisms include the increase of density and/or changes in steady-state activation and inactivation parameters of ionic currents in cardiac myocytes. The acute temperature-dependent changes in ionic currents and electrical activity are also discussed, including the temperature effects on the excitability of cardiac myocytes.</p>

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Adaptive Seasonal Changes in Cardiac Electrical Activity of Ectothermic Vertebrates

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    2025年6月1日

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  • D. V. Abramochkin,
  • I. Dzhumaniiazova,
  • O. B. Pustovit,
  • T. S. Filatova

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Abstract

One of the problems that ectothermic animals have to face during the fall of ambient temperature is the negative change in parameters of the cardiac electrical activity leading to a decrease in the cardiac output. This is crucially important for those ectotherms that remain highly active during the cold season. The present review discusses the known physiological mechanisms that allow the ectothermic vertebrates, primarily various fish species, to at least partially reduce the cold-induced changes of cardiac electrical activity and to maintain the functional capacity of the heart at a sufficient level for active life during the winter. These mechanisms include the increase of density and/or changes in steady-state activation and inactivation parameters of ionic currents in cardiac myocytes. The acute temperature-dependent changes in ionic currents and electrical activity are also discussed, including the temperature effects on the excitability of cardiac myocytes.