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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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Autores principales: Sahdo, Berolla, Evans, Alina L., Arnemo, Jon M., Fröbert, Ole, Särndahl, Eva, Blanc, Stéphane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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