Subjects used the words, "isolate," "tune out," "not a people person," "hide from the world," "shut people out," "shut down," "alienation," "world gets smaller," "avoidance," "hibernated state," "solitaire [ sic]," and "withdrawn".
Here, we analysed the extent and kinetics of hibernation-state dependent tau phosphorylation in various brain regions of three species of hibernating mammals: arctic ground squirrels, Syrian hamsters and black bears.
This indicates that the seasonal differences in mRNA levels between hibernating and post-reproduction states (T vs. P or A vs. P) are larger than those within hibernating states (A vs. T).
The minimum metabolic rate of a hibernating bear is lowered to about 25% compared to non-hibernating resting state and body temperature usually declines to no lower than 30°C [46].
But what else lies hibernating in the state's dungeons?
Like all insects they don't truly hibernate, but enter a state of diapause, which slows down their development and appetite, until temperatures rise and they become active again.
In other words, the crabs inside are alive, "hibernating" in a frozen state.
Hibernating animals enter a state of reduced metabolism and decreased body temperature called torpor that can continue for several days to several weeks in small mammals and several months in large mammals.
"You got to understand that this is a totally irrelevant dream state you're hibernating in up here," Leonard says for openers, biting the hands that have gathered to overfeed him.
Chances are that if you've been somewhere cold during the winter months you've had to fight off the urge to curl up under the covers, imitating the tranquil state of a hibernating bear.
