Survival in the cold
Subtitle: hibernation and other adaptations : proceedings of the International Symposium for Survival in the Cold held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 2-5, 1980
By: editors, X.J. Musacchia, L. Jansky.
Contributors: Musacchia, X. J., 1923-; Jansky, Ladislav.
Publisher: Elsevier/North Holland
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Hibernation -- Congresses.; Cold adaptation -- Congresses.
Description: 11 lectures oriented towards hibernation, cold adaptation and thermogensis in animals.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Seasonal aspects of reproduction in a hibernating rodent / Russell J. Reiter; title: Humoral control of hibernation in golden hamsters / L. Jansky ... [et al.]; title: Role of the endocrine glands in hibernation with special reference to the thyroid gland / Jack W. Hudson; title: The regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in hibernation / X.J. Musacchia and Daniel R. Deavers; title: Maximum thermogenesis in hibernators / L.C.H. Wang and Bruce Abbots; title: Thermogenesis, brown fat, and thermogenin / B. Cannon, J. Nedergaard, and U. Sundin; title: Neuroendoctrine aspects of hibernation / Henry Swan; title: Characterization of a hibernation induction trigger / Peter Oeltgen and Wilma Spurrier; title: Autoradiographic studies of central nervous system function during hibernation / H. Craig Heller, Thomas S. Kilduff, and Frank R. Sharp; title: Involvement of neuronal gangliosides and thermal adaptation / H. Rahmann and R. Hilbig; title: Life at low and changing temperature / H. Behrisch, D.H. Smullin, and G.A. Morse.