REVIEWS

Torpor

  1. The pharmacology and molecular mechanisms underlying temperature regulation and torpor Swoap_BP_08.pdf
  2. Torpor induction in mammals: recent discoveries fueling new ideas Melvin&Andrews_TEM_09.pdf

Thermal biology

  1. One for all and all for one: the energetic benefits of huddling in endotherms Gilbert_etal_BR_10.pdf

PAPERS ABOUT SIBERIAN HAMSTERS

Natural history

  1. Small mammals and their habitats in the arid steppe of central eastern Mongolia Weiner&Gorecki_PES_82.pdf
  2. Standing crop and above-ground production of vegetation in arid Mongolia steppe with Caragana Weiner_etal_PES_82.pdf
  3. Djungarian hamsters - small graminivores with daily torpor Ruf&Heldmaier_ES_00.pdf

Body mass, food intake and hoarding

  1. The seasonal cycle of body weight in the Djungarian hamster: photoperiodic control and the influence of starvation and melatonin Steinlechner_etal_Oecologia_83.pdf
  2. Dietary obesity in hamsters: effects of age, fat source, and species Wade&Bartness_N&B_83.pdf
  3. Effects of photoperiod and gonadectomy on food intake, body weight, and body composition in Siberian hamsters Wade&Bartness_AJP_84.pdf
  4. Body weight, food intake and energy regulation in exercising and melatonin-treated Siberian hamsters Bartness&Wade_P&B_85.pdf
  5. Photoperiodic control of seasonal body weight cycles in hamsters Bartness&Wade_NBR_85.pdf
  6. Circulating ghrelin levels and central ghrelin receptor expression are elevated in response to food deprivation in a seasonal mammal (Phodopus sungorus) Tups_etal_JNe_04.pdf
  7. Peripheral ghrelin injections stimulate food intake, foraging, and food hoarding in Siberian hamsters Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_AJP_05.pdf
  8. MTII attenuates ghrelin- and food deprivation-induced increases in food hoarding and food intake Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_H&B_07.pdf
  9. Leptin inhibits food-deprivation-induced increases in food intake and food hoarding Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_AJP_08.pdf
  10. Body mass loss during adaptation to short winter-like days increases food foraging, but not food hoarding Teubner&Bartness_P&B_09.pdf
  11. Photoperiodic regulation of the orexigenic effects of ghrelin in Siberian hamsters Bradley_etal_H&B_10.pdf
  12. REVIEW: Physiological mechanisms for food-hoarding motivation in animals Keen-Rhinehart_etal_PTRSB_10.pdf

Photoperiodism

  1. The annual cycle in the Djungarian hamster Summary in English, the rest in German Figala_etal_Oecologia_73.pdf
  2. The influence of photoperiod and melatonin on testis size, body weight, and pelage colour in the Djungarian hamster Hoffman_JCP_73.pdf
  3. Effects of short photoperiods on puberty, growth and moult in the Djungarian hamster (Hoffman JRF 78, hard copy only)
  4. Hormonal regulation of the annual pelage color cycle in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus. I. Role of the gonads and the pituitary Duncan&Goldman_JEZ_1984.pdf
  5. Testicular function and pelage color have different critical daylengths in the Djungarian hamster (Duncan et al. Endocrinology 85, hard copy only)
  6. Photoperiodic effects in the Djungarian hamster: rate of testicular regression and extension of pineal melatonin pattern depend on the way of change from long to short photoperiods Hoffmann&Illnerova_Ne_86.pdf
  7. Peak duration of serum melatonin and short-day responses in adult Siberian hamsters Bartness&Goldman_AJP_88.pdf
  8. Differential effects of short day pretreatment on melatonin-induced adjustments in Djungarian hamsters Puchalski_etal_LS_88.pdf
  9. Evidence for genetic variation in the occurrence of the photoresponse of the Djungarian hamster Kliman&Lynch_JBR_92.pdf
  10. The Mel(1b) receptor is not necessary for reproductive and circadian responses to melatonin in Siberian hamsters Weaver_etal_ME_96.pdf
  11. Environmental induction of photononresponsiveness in the Siberian hamster Gorman&Zucker_AJP_97.pdf
  12. Mammalian seasonal rhythms: new perspectives gained from the use of simulated natural photoperiods (Gorman & Zucker Biological Clocks 98, hard copy only)
  13. Genetic and environmental influences on short-day responsiveness in Siberian hamsters Goldman_etal_JBR_00.pdf
  14. Mammalian photoperiodic system: formal properties and neuroendocrine mechanisms of photoperiodic time measurement Goldman_JBR_01.pdf
  15. Photoperiodic polyphenisms in rodents: neuroendocrine mechanisms, costs and functions Prendergast_etal_QRB_01.pdf
  16. Evidence that the circadian system mediates photoperiodic nonresponsiveness in Siberian hamsters: the effect of running wheel access on photoperiodic responsiveness Freeman&Goldman_JBR_03.pdf
  17. Early photoperiod history and short-day responsiveness in Siberian hamsters Goldman&Goldman_JEZ_03.pdf
  18. Photoperiod-dependent modulation of cardiac excitation contraction coupling in the Siberian hamster Dibb_etal_AJP_05.pdf
  19. Graded response to short photoperiod during development and early adulthood in Siberian hamsters and the effects on reproduction as females age Place&Cruickshank_H&B_09.pdf
  20. REVIEW: Endocrine mechanisms of seasonal adaptation in small mammals: from early results to present understanding Scherbarth&Steinlechner_JCPB_10.pdf

Circadian rhythms

  1. Daily melatonin injections affect the expression of circadian rhythmicity in Djungarian hamsters kept under a long-day photoperiod Puchalski&Lynch_NE_88.pdf
  2. Dim nocturnal illumination alters coupling of circadian pacemakers in Siberian hamsters Gorman&Elliott_JCPA_04.pdf

Immune response

  1. The glutamate agonist NMDA blocks gonadal regression and enhances antibody response to an immune challenge in Siberian hamsters Greives_etal_JCPB_10.pdf

Torpor and thermoregulation

  1. Effects of photoperiod, pinealectomy and castration on body weight and daily torpor in Djungarian hamsters Vitale_etal_JE_85.pdf
  2. Photoperiod, temperature and melatonin effects on thermoregulatory behavior in Djungarian hamsters Puchalski_etal_P&B_88.pdf
  3. Prolactin and testosterone inhibit torpor in Siberian hamsters Ruby_etal_AJP_93.pdf
  4. Reduced leptin concentrations are permissive for display of torpor in Siberian hamsters Freeman_etal_AJP_04.pdf
  5. Torpor and ultradian rhythms require an intact signalling of the sympathetic nervous system Braulke&Heldmaier_Cryobiology_10.pdf

Seasonality

  1. Seasonal changes of steroid levels in blood plasma of three Phodopus species Feoktistova_etal_BB_10.pdf Cortisol, testosterone, estradiol and progesterone

PAPERS ABOUT OTHER RODENTS

Photoperiodism and melatonin

  1. Reproductive and nonreproductive responsiveness to photoperiod in laboratory rats Nelson_etal_JPR_94.pdf

Torpor

  1. Daily torpor in the laboratory mouse, Mus musculus var. albino Hudson&Scott_PZ_79.pdf
  2. Norepinephrine controls both torpor initiation and emergence via distinct mechanisms in the mouse Swoap&Weinshenker_PLOS1_08.pdf
  3. Cardiovascular changes during daily torpor in the laboratory mouse Swoap&Gutilla_AJP_09.pdf
  4. Daily torpor in mice: high foraging costs trigger energy-saving hypothermia Schubert_etal_BL_10.pdf

Side preference

  1. Food intake, water intake, and drinking spout side preference of 26 mouse strains Bachmanov_etal_BehavGen_02.pdf



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