Physiological Adaptations of Mammals of the Arctic Shore.

• Main Authors: Folk, G Edgar, Jr, Folk, Mary A
• Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA ARLINGTON VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Stress Physiology; *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY); *ACCLIMATIZATION; *ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY); *HIBERNATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAMMALS; REPORTS; CATECHOLAMINES; SUMMER; URINE; SHORES; ARCTIC REGIONS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA099686; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA099686

Contents: Effects of cold exposure on urinary catecholamines in arctic lemmings; Thermogenesis of specific organs in cold acclimated rodents; Induction of summer hibernation by serum from arctic mammals; Spontaneous and induced summer hibernation in 13-lined ground squirrels by marmot and hamster serum; Further evidence for hibernation in bears; The role of adrenoceptors in norephinephrine stimulated VO2 in muscle; Ketamine-HCl anesthesia for the brown lemming; A comparison of body temperatures of least weasels and wolverines; The pineal and photoperiodism in arctic species; Cold acclimatization and the pineal gland of lemmings; Effects of photoperiod, cold acclimation and melatonin; Budget, and Explanation of Budget Items.