Metabolic changes in summer active and anuric hibernating free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos).

Metabolic changes in summer active and anuric hibernating free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos).

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) hibernates for 5 to 6 months each winter and during this time ingests no food or water and remains anuric and inactive. Despite these extreme conditions, bears do not develop azotemia and preserve their muscle and bone strength. To date most renal studies have been limi...

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Main Authors: Peter Stenvinkel, Ole Fröbert, Björn Anderstam, Fredrik Palm, Monica Eriksson, Ann-Christin Bragfors-Helin, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Tobias Larsson, Andrea Friebe, Andreas Zedrosser, Johan Josefsson, My Svensson, Berolla Sahdo, Lise Bankir, Richard J Johnson
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8c4441db34b043dbadb70b6a675c48ff
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