Medullary Respiratory Circuit Is Reorganized by a Seasonally-Induced Program in Preparation for Hibernation

Deep hibernators go through several cycles of profound drops in body temperature during the winter season, with core temperatures sometimes reaching near freezing. Yet unlike non-hibernating mammals, they can sustain breathing rhythms. The physiological processes that make this possible are still no...

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Main Authors: Thomas L. Russell, Jichang Zhang, Michal Okoniewski, Felix Franke, Sandrine Bichet, Andreas Hierlemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00376/full