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Aestivation and brain of the African lungfish Protopterus annectens

Scientists have long been fascinated by animals undergoing aestivation, a state of torpor at high temperature, due to its great potential in fields ranging from medicine to space travel. The brain of the African lungfish is able to coordinate a whole-body response to induce aestivation and to arouse...

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Autores principales: Chew, Shit F, Hiong, Kum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27581948
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/temp.29650