"Hibernation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D006605
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.110.232.889.500 G07.410.421.889.500 G16.012.500.535.889.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hibernation, Artificial- Hibernation, Artificial
- Artificial Hibernation
- Artificial Hibernations
- Induced Hibernation
- Hibernation, Induced
- Induced Hibernations
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hibernation" by people in Profiles.
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Extensive use of torpor in 13-lined ground squirrels in the fall prior to cold exposure. J Comp Physiol B. 2010 Nov; 180(8):1165-72.
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State-dependent and state-independent effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone on medial septum neuronal activity in the brain slices of waking and hibernating ground squirrels. Neuroscience. 1992 Oct; 50(4):857-66.