Sentences with phrase «energy during hibernation»
In a recent paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Karen Gjesing Welinder at Aalborg University in Denmark and colleagues set out to understand how wild Scandinavian brown bears protect their health and save energy during hibernation.
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Bears in both habitats reduced their body temperatures and activity levels below those of bears actively hunting and feeding, but not to levels as low as those observed during energy - saving hibernation.
Bile salt - activated lipase, which can hydrolyze both triglycerides and cholesterol esters, was elevated 32-fold during hibernation and allowed the bears efficiently to harvest energy from stored fat.
Bears» gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation.