...-hibernating mammals (‘suspended animation’), this is the first report implying endogenous H 2 S production in natural hibernation. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 16 1 2012 29 4 2012 © 2012. 2012 Mesocricetus auratus collagen cystathionine beta synthase...

... torpor hypothermia lung remodeling Mesocricetus auratus Hibernation, the state of metabolic depression and inactivity in animals during winter, is a phenomenon that is observed in many mammals, including primates ( Dausmann et al., 2004 ). Hibernation of small rodents is characterized...

...( Mesocricetus auratus W.) during hoarding excursions following a rotation of the arena and nest. In continuous darkness, the hamsters returned to their point of departure at the rotated nest, and therefore depended on PI only. In other trials, the animals were briefly presented with visual room cues during...