Life in the Cold: Eleventh International Hibernation Symposium

Front Matter....Pages I-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Hibernation by Echidnas in Mild Climates: Hints about the Evolution of Endothermy?....Pages 5-19
Patterns of Hibernation of Echidnas in Tasmania....Pages 21-28
Daily Heterothermy in Mammals: Coping with Unpredictable Environments....Pages 29-40
Body Temperature and Metabolic Rate of a Hibernating Primate in Madagascar: Preliminary Results from a Field Study....Pages 41-47
Heterothermy in Mousebirds: Evidence of Avian Proto-torpor?....Pages 49-56
Spontaneous Arousal in Reptiles? Body Temperature Ecology of Rosenberg’s Goanna, Varanus rosenbergi ....Pages 57-64
Hibernation in the Extreme: Burrow and Body Temperatures, Metabolism, and Limits to Torpor Bout Length in Arctic Ground Squirrels....Pages 65-72
Energetics of Hibernation in Woodchucks ( Marmota monax )....Pages 73-80
Mechanisms of Social Thermoregulation in Hibernating Alpine Marmots ( Marmota marmota )....Pages 81-94
Do Patterns of Torpor Differ between Free-ranging and Captive Mammals and Birds?....Pages 95-102
Weather Patterns and Daily Torpor in Free-ranging Animals....Pages 103-109
Role of Soil Temperature in Timing of Emergence from Hibernation in the Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius ....Pages 111-118
Temperature Selection and Energy Expenditure in the Marsupial Hibernator Cercartetus nanus ....Pages 119-126
Torpor in the Carnivorous Marsupial Sminthopsis macroura : Effects of Food Quality and Quantity....Pages 127-137
Parasite Adaptations to Hibernation in Alpine Marmots ( Marmota marmota )....Pages 139-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Perspectives on Metabolic Suppression during Mammalian Hibernation and Daily Torpor....Pages 149-158
Control of Cardiac and Ventilation Frequencies During Hibernation in Ground Squirrels....Pages 159-167
Intermittent Ventilation in Hibernating Dormice — Is Ventilation always Necessary to Meet Metabolic Demands?....Pages 169-178
Retention of Carbon Dioxide during Entrance into Torpor in Dormice....Pages 179-186
Thermal Cycling of the Pulmonary Surfactant System in Small Heterothermic Mammals....Pages 187-197
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Anoxia Tolerance to Oxygen Necessity: Paradigm Shift in the Physiology of Survival of Apneic Deep Hypothermia in Neonatal Rodents....Pages 199-205
The Effects of alpha-Tocopherol on Mammalian Torpor....Pages 207-213
Essential Fatty Acids: Their Impact on Free-living Alpine Marmots ( Marmota marmota )....Pages 215-222
Circadian Rhythms of Body Temperature in Laboratory and Field Marmots ( Marmota flaviventris )....Pages 223-231
Circannual Rhythms in European Ground Squirrels During Nine Years of Entrainment....Pages 233-240
Is Hibernation Facilitated by an Inhibition of Arousal?....Pages 241-250
The Djungarian Hamster Is Sleep Deprived during Daily Torpor....Pages 251-260
Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Relationship with the Hibernation Process....Pages 261-267
Ultrastructure of Organs and Tissues of Dormice during Hibernation....Pages 269-276
Temperature Modulation of Glucocorticoid-receptor Affinity in a Hibernator, the European Ground Squirrel, and a Non-Hibernator, the Rat....Pages 277-284
Follicular Development and Hibernation in European Ground Squirrels....Pages 285-292
Effects of Hetastarch on Rewarming after Prolonged Deep Hypothermia in Rats....Pages 293-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Gene Expression and Protein Adaptations in Mammalian Hibernation....Pages 303-313
Quantitative and Qualitative Changes in Gene Expression during Hibernation in Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels....Pages 315-324
Genetic Control of Carbon Utilization During Hibernation: Mechanistic Considerations....Pages 325-337
Cellular Response to Metabolic Stress in Hibernating Mammals....Pages 339-346
Gluconeogenesis in Brain and Liver During Daily Torpor in Deer Mice ( Peromyscus maniculatus )....Pages 347-353
Cardiac Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase (PDE) Activity in the European Hamster during Hibernation....Pages 355-360
Temperature Dependence of Coupled and Uncoupled Oxidations in Brain Synaptosomes from Hibernators and Non-Hibernators....Pages 361-368
Endogenous Changes in Hibernation-specific Protein in Chipmunk Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 369-376
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Opioid-Like Hibernation Factors Provide Protection to the Ischemic Myocardium....Pages 377-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Is there a Life in the Cold without UCP1? Uncoupling Proteins and Thermoregulatory Thermogenesis....Pages 387-400
Viral Labeling of the CNS Origins of the Sympathetic Nervous System Innervation of Brown Adipose Tissue: Implications for Torpor and Hibernation Responses....Pages 401-411
Mitochondrial Proton Conductance, Standard Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Depression....Pages 413-430
Mitochondria in the Cold....Pages 431-442
A Contribution of Acid-base Regulation to Metabolic Depression in Marine Ectotherms....Pages 443-458
Leptin — Signals and Secretions from White Adipose Tissue....Pages 459-469
Flexibility of Basal Metabolic Rate in Arctic breeding Kittiwakes ( Rissa tridactyla )....Pages 471-477
Relationships between Resting Metabolic Rate and Morphology in Lactating Mice: What Tissues are the Major Contributors to Resting Metabolism?....Pages 479-486
Use of the EM-SCAN® to Determine Body Composition in Previously Frozen Specimens....Pages 487-492
The Influence of Temperature and Season on Mitogen-Induced Proliferation of Ground Squirrel Lymphocytes....Pages 493-503
Oestradiol and Progesterone Control Cytochrome c Oxidase Activity in Thermogenic Tissues....Pages 505-509
Low Temperature Effects and Social Influences on Physiological Condition of Subadult Wild Rabbits....Pages 511-518
Physico-chemical Model for Brain Ganglioside Function in Thermal Adaptation of Vertebrates....Pages 519-526
Vertebrate Freeze Tolerance: Molecular Studies of Signal Transduction and Gene Expression....Pages 527-539
Back Matter....Pages 541-546