Cold resistance of mammalian hibernators∼ a matter of ferroptosis?

M Sone, Y Yamaguchi - Frontiers in Physiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Most mammals adapt thermal physiology around 37° C and large deviations from their
range, as observed in severe hypothermia and hyperthermia, resulting in organ dysfunction …

Hibernation in the pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus): multiday torpor in primates is not restricted to Madagascar

T Ruf, U Streicher, GL Stalder, T Nadler, C Walzer - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Hibernation and short daily torpor are states of energy conservation with reduced
metabolism and body temperature. Both hibernation, also called multiday torpor and daily …

Hibernation in a primate: does sleep occur?

MB Blanco, KH Dausmann… - Royal Society …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
During hibernation, critical physiological processes are downregulated and thermogenically
induced arousals are presumably needed periodically to fulfil those physiological demands …

Hibernation in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) did not evolve through positive selection of leptin

ME Lazzeroni, FT Burbrink… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature regulation is an indispensable physiological activity critical for animal survival.
However, relatively little is known about the origin of thermoregulatory regimes in a …

Thermally unstable roosts influence winter torpor patterns in a threatened bat species

BA Newman, SC Loeb… - Conservation …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Many hibernating bats in thermally stable, subterranean roosts have experienced
precipitous declines from white-nose syndrome (WNS). However, some WNS-affected …

Cool birds: first evidence of energy-saving nocturnal torpor in free-living common swifts Apus apus resting in their nests

AHJ Wellbrock, LRH Eckhardt, NA Kelsey… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Daily torpor is a means of saving energy by controlled lowering of the metabolic rate (MR)
during resting, usually coupled with a decrease in body temperature. We studied nocturnal …

Facultative variation across a shallow to deep torpor spectrum in hummingbirds

A Shankar, INH Cisneros, S Thompson, CH Graham… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Many small endotherms use torpor, saving energy by a controlled reduction of their body
temperature and metabolic rate. Some species (eg arctic ground squirrels, hummingbirds) …