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Body Temperature during Hibernation Is Highly Correlated with a Decrease in Circulating Innate Immune Cells in the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos): A Common Feature among Hibernators?
Background: Hibernation involves periods of severely depressed metabolism (torpor) and decreases in body temperature (Tb). Small arctic mammals (<5kg), in which Tb generally drop drastically, display leukopenia during hibernation. This raised the question of whether the decreased leukocyte counts...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Ivyspring International Publisher
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3607235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23532623 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.4476 |