hibernation
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Introduction
The physiologic process in which certain mammals reduce metabolism with hypothermia, bradycardia, hypopnea during the winter months.
True hibernators reduce body temperature to near freezing resulting in a comatose condition:
Partial hibernators do not become comatose
- bears
- skunks
- racoons
References
- ↑ Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Miriam-Webster Inc. Springfield, MA 1990
- ↑ Arendt T. Neurodegeneration and plasticity. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2004 Nov;22(7):507-14. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15465280