Hibernation control mechanism and possible applications to humans

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 343-347

  Kondo, Noriaki ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROL MECHANISM; MAMMALIAN HIBERNATION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PROTEIN COMPLEXES;

HYPOTHERMIA; MAMMALS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 31644451647     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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