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Polar bears experience skeletal muscle atrophy in response to food deprivation and reduced activity in winter and summer
When reducing activity and using stored energy during seasonal food shortages, animals risk degradation of skeletal muscles, although some species avoid or minimize the resulting atrophy while experiencing these conditions during hibernation. Polar bears may be food deprived and relatively inactive...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cox049 |