The chemistry of cold: Mechanisms of torpor regulation in the Siberian hamster

Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-59

  Cubuk, Ceyda ^a   Bank, Jonathan H H ^a   Herwig, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HYPOTHERMIA; PHODOPUS; SEASONS; TORPOR;

EID: 84949969752     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00028.2015     Document Type: Review

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