Can offsetting the energetic cost of hibernation restore an active season phenotype in grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)?
H. T. Jansen, B. D. Evans Hutzenbiler, H. R. Hapner, M. L. McPhee, A. M. Carnahan, J. L. Kelley, M. W. Saxton, C. T. Robbins
Feeding hibernating grizzly bears glucose partially restores metabolic parameters but not body temperature, suggesting metabolic suppression is an active process.
bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2021Physiology