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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Hibernation and body mass rhythms were studied in 13 golden-mantled ground squirrels maintained in an LD 12:12 photoperiod at 5 degrees C. Complete or partial ablation of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) disrupted normal hibernation rhythms. Over the course of 2 years, several animals progressed through 4 hibernation cycles, one squirrel manifested two abnormally long hibernation seasons, and another failed to hibernate. Squirrels with intact SCN exhibited normal circannual hibernation rhythms at intervals of 11.5 +/- 0.3 months. Hibernation coincided with the weight loss phase of the body mass cycle in control squirrels, but these two rhythms were dissociated in animals with lesions of the SCN. The annual plasma testosterone rhythm was normal or slightly phase-delayed in squirrels with SCN lesions maintained at 23 degrees C. The SCN may be part of a neural circuit that mediates circannual organization of hibernation rhythms.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
509
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Suprachiasmatic nuclei influence hibernation rhythms of golden-mantled ground squirrels.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.