Living in the cold : 2nd International Symposium : proceedings of the Second Symposium on Living in the Cold, held in Le Hohwald (France), April 23-29, 1989 = La vie !u froid : 2e Symposium international /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Symposium on Living in the Cold Le Hohwald, France, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (France)
Other Authors: Malan, André, Canguilhem, Bernard
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: London : J. Libbey Eurotext, 1989.
Series:Colloques de l'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale ; no. 193.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Effects of photoperiod on the hibernation cycle of the Turkish hamster
  • External and endogenous control of body weight rhythm in the European hamster, Cricetus cricetus
  • Absence of circadian rhythmicity during hibernation
  • Photoperiod, pineal gland, vasopressinergic innervation and timing of hibernation
  • Rhythmicity of body temperature and torpor in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus
  • Analysis of monoamines and their metabolites in the hypothalamus, suprachiasmatic nucleus and the pineal gland of euthermic and torpid deermice, Perommyscus maniculatus
  • Circannual variations of the immune system of hibernators
  • Identification of the opioid receptor ligand(s) involved in summer-induced and natural winter hibernation
  • The regular use of nocturnal hypothermia and torpor during energetically-demanding periods in the annual cycles of birds
  • Artic resignation: winter dormancy without hypothermia
  • Eco-physiological features of cold adjustment by small passerine birds: considerations of energy balance and substrate use
  • The impact of variations in energy availability on the time spent torpid during the hibernation season
  • Carbohydrate and lipid utilization in the hibernators
  • Utilization of proteins vs. lipid reserves in spontaneous fasting and hibernation
  • Na permeation in red blood cells of hibernators and non-hibernators
  • Membrane transport in isolated cardiac myocytes of ground squirrels: cold sensitivity of pumps and channels
  • Morphometric and biochemical adaptations of skeletal muscle in hibernating and non-hibernating ground squirrels, Spermophilus lateralis
  • Seasonal variation in intestinal transport in ground squirrels
  • The cardiovascular system in hibernating mammals: recent advances
  • Lowered temperature differentially alters cellular mechanisms in hamster hippocampal neurons
  • Characterization of hypothermia in a non-hibernator: the rat
  • Nitrogen turnover and its conservation in hibernation
  • Integrated control of metabolic rate depression via reversible phosphorylation of enzymes in hibernating mammals
  • Respiratory acidosis and metabolic depression in dormant invertebrates
  • pH as a control factor of cell function in hibernation: the case of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis
  • Lipid metabolism in the brown adipose tissue of the hibernating and the cold-acclimated hamster
  • Adaptive changes in uncoupling protein in brown adipose tissue during cold acclimation and hibernation
  • Changes in peripheral and central release of hormones during thermal adaptation in the guinea pig
  • The role of opioids and TRH in the hibernating bout/arousal cycle of ground squirrels Citellus undulatus
  • Neurochemical studies of hibernation
  • Reevaluation of involvement of norepinephrine and serotonin in initiation of hibernation
  • Hypothermia induces a quasi permanent paradoxical sleep state in pontine cats
  • Perspective in hibernation research: concepts and executions