Skeletal muscles of hibernating brown bears are unusually resistant to effects of denervation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2081-2087

  Lin, David C ^a,b   Hershey, John D ^b   Mattoon, John S ^b   Robbins, Charles T ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Bear; Hibernation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PERONEAL NERVE; URSIDAE;

EID: 84862577809     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066134     Document Type: Article

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