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Hibernation

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Definition: The dormant state in which some warm-blooded animal species pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs.  animal only; summer dormancy corresponding to this winter dormancy    Other names Hibernation, Artificial; Induced Hibernations; Hibernation, Induced; Artificial Hibernations; Artificial Hibernation; Induced Hibernation; Hibernations
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
HP-27 protein, Tamias asiaticus  0   *Blood Proteins Hibernation Sciuridae. Mol Cell Biol 1993 Mar;13(3):1516-21
HP-25 protein, Tamias asiaticus  0   *Blood Proteins Hibernation Sciuridae. Mol Cell Biol 1993 Mar;13(3):1516-21
HP-20 protein, Tamias asiaticus  0   *Blood Proteins Hibernation Sciuridae. Mol Cell Biol 1993 Mar;13(3):1516-21
hibernation induction trigger  0   *Proteins Hibernation. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1982;17(6):1271

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