Sentence examples for hibernation phase from inspiring English sources

The mRNA expression level of proopiomelanocortin (a precursor of β-endorphin) on ARC did not change throughout the hibernation phase.

Among other things, Ruvkun's group scrutinized a hibernation phase in the C. elegans life cycle--the dauer larval stage--in which the nematode stops growing under unfavorable conditions.

These genes, which lie downstream of the C. elegans insulin-like signaling pathway, were already known to influence the worm's ability to shift into a hibernation phase called the dauer state; moreover, mutations in various genes affecting dauer formation could lengthen a worm's life (see "Growing Old Together").

Echidnas begin to prepare for the hibernation phase of the year between February and April, when they reduce their consumption and enter brief periods of torpor.

For top measures that are implemented stepwise or have no clear time schedule, no hibernation phase was defined and respondents continue to receive follow-up questionnaires.

(A ) Schematic depicting the metabolic suppression and activation cycle of BAT during the highly recruited, winter hibernation phase (blue shading) of the annual cycle.

Indeed, the most remarkable increase in the proportion of PL n-6 PUFA occurred during a short pre-hibernation transition phase.

Regarding the latter, there seems to be a connection to control at the level of translation activity (e.g. ribosome hibernation in stationary phase [ 106]).

We have shown previously that intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of naloxone (a non-selective opioid receptor antagonist) or naloxonazine (a selective μ1-opioid receptor antagonist) at the maintenance phase of hibernation arouses Syrian hamsters from hibernation.

Although differential expression of PPARs and their co-activators (e.g., RXR) has been investigated in some hibernating mammals during different phases of hibernation [ 21, 23- 26], the evolution of PPARα in hibernating bats remains unknown.

These results suggest that β-endorphin which synthesizes in ARC neurons regulates Tb during the maintenance phase of hibernation by activating μ-opioid receptors in PO, AH, VMH, DMH and PH.