...Debadas Sahoo; Sibakalyani Acharya To assess metabolic depression and non-specific immune response during hibernation in the common Asian toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, we measured activities of different enzymes of both aerobic (Oxygen-dependent) and anaerobic (Oxygen-independent) metabolic...

...Prabhati Patnaik; Deba Das Sahoo ABSTRACT To assess redox status during hibernation with metabolic depression, oxidative stress parameters and antioxidant defense were assessed during different phases of hibernation including active period, hibernation, arousal, and post-arousal period...

...Kai Dang; Ya-Zhao Li; Ling-Chen Gong; Wei Xue; Hui-Ping Wang; Nandu Goswami; Yun-Fang Gao ABSTRACT Understanding the mechanisms that protect against or limit muscle atrophy in hibernators during prolonged inactivity has important implications for its treatment. We examined whether external factors...

... muscle and brain, but not for liver. We sought to evaluate how saponin permeabilization reflects aspects of liver energy metabolism typically assessed in isolated mitochondria. We studied the ground squirrel ( Ictidomys tridecemlineatus Mitchell), a hibernating mammal that shows profound and acute whole...