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In the golden hamster the entrance to hibernation torpor is possible under artificial conditions (lower ambient temperature, short light period of a day, changes in food supply, etc.) after a preparatory period lasting about 2 months. Adaptation changes occurring during this pre-hiber-nation period are connected with changes in hormonal status of the hibernator (1). The adaptation changes studied most often concern mechanisms of heat production, especially the total capacity of non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) and parallel events on the organ, cellular, and subcellular level (e.g. 2, 3, 4, 5). This study aims to reveal eventual adaptation changes in body temperature control of golden hamsters that might be induced through a pre-hibernating period (i.e. by the readiness to hibernate) or simply through cold-acclimation contrary to warm-acclimated animals.
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Štefl, B. (1994). Hibernation and Cold Adaptation Induce Different Changes in the Body Temperature Regulation in the Golden Hamster. In: Zeisberger, E., Schönbaum, E., Lomax, P. (eds) Thermal Balance in Health and Disease. APS Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7429-8_32
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