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Clocks and meals keep mice from being cool.
The Journal of experimental biology - 6 Aug 2018
van der Vinne Vincent, Bingaman Mark J, Weaver David R, Swoap Steven J
Abstract excerpt
Daily torpor is used by small mammals to reduce daily energy expenditure in response to energetic challenges. Optimizing the timing of daily torpor allows mammals to maximize its energetic benefits and, accordingly, torpor typically occurs in the late night and early morning in most species. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying such temporal regulation have not been elucidated. Direct control by the...
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