Hibernators' brain: protein synthesis in the neocortex and the hippocampus.
[3H]leucine incorporation into 16 electrophoretic protein fractions from the neocortex and the hippocampus and their relative content have been estimated in various physiological states of ground squirrels: in torpor, in 3 transition phases, in long-term wakefulness and a fortnight after forced arousal in winter. The changes are greater in the neocortex than in the hippocampus. Incorporation is not the same in naturally awake animals and forced awake animals.
D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D006605:Hibernation; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000378:metabolism*; D012621:Seasons; D014316:Tritium
D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014316:Tritium; D007930:Leucine