ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology2010
Endocrine mechanisms of seasonal adaptation in small mammals: from early results to present understanding.
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- Continuous growth through winter correlates with increased resting metabolic rate but does not affect daily energy budgets due to torpor use.Current zoology · 2021Article
- Body Temperature and Activity Adaptation of Short Photoperiod-Exposed Djungarian Hamsters (Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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- Individual variation of daily torpor and body mass change during winter in the large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2018Article
- Transcriptome Analysis of Hypothalamic Gene Expression during Daily Torpor in Djungarian Hamsters (Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
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- Photoperiodic effects on seasonal physiology, reproductive status and hypothalamic gene expression in young male F344 rats.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2015Article
- Heritable variation in reaction norms of metabolism and activity across temperatures in a wild-derived population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2014Article
- Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) are not susceptible to stimulating effects of 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone on reproductive organs.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2014Article
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Abstract
Seasonal adaptation is widespread among mammals of temperate and polar latitudes. The changes in physiology, morphology and behaviour are controlled by the photoneuroendocrine system that, as a first step, translates day lengths into a hormonal signal (melatonin). Decoding of the humoral melatonin signal, i.e. responses on the cellular level to slight alterations in signal duration, represents the prerequisite for appropriate timing of winter acclimatization in photoperiodic animals. Corresponding to the diversity of affected traits, several hormone systems are involved in the regulation downstream of the neural integration of photoperiodic time measurement. Results from recent studies provide new insights into seasonal control of reproduction and energy balance. Most intriguingly, the availability of thyroid hormone within hypothalamic key regions, which is a crucial determinant of seasonal transitions, appears to be regulated by hormone secretion from the pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland. This proposed neuroendocrine pathway contradicts the common view of the pituitary as a gland that acts downstream of the hypothalamus. In the present overview of (neuro)endocrine mechanisms underlying seasonal acclimatization, we are focusing on the dwarf hamster Phodopus sungorus (long-day breeder) that is known for large amplitudes in seasonal changes. However, important findings in other mammalian species such as Syrian hamsters and sheep (short-day breeder) are considered as well.
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