... a fixed diet, thus underestimating the role of food in impacting cardiac performance and resilience. By applying an ecological lens to the study of cardiac plasticity, this Commentary aims to further our understanding of cardiac function in the context of environmental change. Other small molecule...

...H. Battam; M. A. Chappell; W. A. Buttemer SUMMARY Heat generated by the specific dynamic action (SDA) associated with feeding is known to substitute for the thermoregulatory costs of cold-exposed endotherms; however, the effectiveness of this depends on food temperature. When food is cooler than...

...Francisco Fernández De Miguel; Hugo Aréchiga ABSTRACT The aim of our experiments has been to study the effect of light and food in the locomotor activity rhythm of the crayfish Procambarus clarki . Experiments were carried out under light:dark (LD) cycles of 12 h:12 h, under continuous darkness (DD...