hibernation1. 1. The specific activities of Na-K-ATPase and the related K-NPPase of kidney cortex was twice as great in hamsters that were hibernating in the cold (5掳C) as in hamsters kept active at 23掳C. 2. 2. The activities of four other membrane-bound enzymes (acetylcholinesterase...
During the last years, several peptides possibly involved in regulation of hibernation have been isolated from the brain of hibernating ground squirrels 3, 4, 5. It was found that two of them, which turned out to be the already known neuropeptides kyotorphin (Tyr–Arg, YR) and neokyotorph...
Analyses of lean body weight (eviscerated body mass), weight of fat bodies, liver weight, and liver fat content, showed that 1) post-hibernation/pre-breeding energy stores increased with increasing latitude in both sexes, 2) males generally had larger energy reserves than females and 3) the ...
prepro‐VIPcloningtissue expressionhibernationThe Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), a freshwater crocodilian endemic to China, is one of the most endangered crocodilian species; up to this date, very little is known about the endocrine regulation of its metabolic activities during different ...