Hibernation: When good clocks go cold

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-286

  Ruby, Norman F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian; Energy balance; Evening morning oscillators; Nonphotic; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BIRD; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN PACEMAKER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; HIBERNATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141620338     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403254971     Document Type: Review

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