Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on hibernation and torpor: A review and hypothesis

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ruf, Thomas ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ca2+ ATPase; Heart; Hypothermia; Sarcoplasmic reticulum of the heart

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALPINE MARMOT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HERBIVORE; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCIURIDAE; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HEART; HIBERNATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES;

EID: 40449085696     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00688.2007     Document Type: Article

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