The Dynamics of Adaptive Changes in the Spleen of the Hibernating Ground Squirrel Spermophilus undulatus

• Published in: Biophysics (Oxford) Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 222 - 227
• Main Authors: Aksyonova, G. E., Logvinovich, O. S., Ignat’ev, D. A., Kolomiytseva, I. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.03.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Arousal; Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; Body temperature; Complex Systems Biophysics; Hemoglobin; Hibernation; Lymphoid tissue; Ornithine; Ornithine decarboxylase; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Rodents; Spermophilus undulatus; Spleen; Splenocytes; Temperature effects; Torpor; ornithine decarboxylase; proliferation; spleen; lymphoid tissue; hibernatio; hemoglobin

In hibernation season during torpor bouts, the spleen weight and the hemoglobin level, as well as the total and extracted protein contents in the spleen of the ground squirrel Spermophilus undulatus are increased when animals enter torpor and reach maximum values when the body temperature drops belo...