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PAPERS ABOUT SIBERIAN HAMSTERS
PAPERS ABOUT OTHER RODENTS
Torpor
- The pharmacology and molecular mechanisms underlying temperature regulation and torpor Swoap_BP_08.pdf
- Torpor induction in mammals: recent discoveries fueling new ideas Melvin&Andrews_TEM_09.pdf
Thermal biology
- 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
- Small mammals and their habitats in the arid steppe of central eastern Mongolia Weiner&Gorecki_PES_82.pdf
- Standing crop and above-ground production of vegetation in arid Mongolia steppe with Caragana Weiner_etal_PES_82.pdf
- Djungarian hamsters - small graminivores with daily torpor Ruf&Heldmaier_ES_00.pdf
Body mass, food intake and hoarding
- The seasonal cycle of body weight in the Djungarian hamster: photoperiodic control and the influence of starvation and melatonin Steinlechner_etal_Oecologia_83.pdf
- Dietary obesity in hamsters: effects of age, fat source, and species Wade&Bartness_N&B_83.pdf
- Effects of photoperiod and gonadectomy on food intake, body weight, and body composition in Siberian hamsters Wade&Bartness_AJP_84.pdf
- Body weight, food intake and energy regulation in exercising and melatonin-treated Siberian hamsters Bartness&Wade_P&B_85.pdf
- Photoperiodic control of seasonal body weight cycles in hamsters Bartness&Wade_NBR_85.pdf
- 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
- Peripheral ghrelin injections stimulate food intake, foraging, and food hoarding in Siberian hamsters Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_AJP_05.pdf
- MTII attenuates ghrelin- and food deprivation-induced increases in food hoarding and food intake Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_H&B_07.pdf
- Leptin inhibits food-deprivation-induced increases in food intake and food hoarding Keen-Rhinehart&Bartness_AJP_08.pdf
- Body mass loss during adaptation to short winter-like days increases food foraging, but not food hoarding Teubner&Bartness_P&B_09.pdf
- Photoperiodic regulation of the orexigenic effects of ghrelin in Siberian hamsters Bradley_etal_H&B_10.pdf
- REVIEW: Physiological mechanisms for food-hoarding motivation in animals Keen-Rhinehart_etal_PTRSB_10.pdf
Photoperiodism
- The annual cycle in the Djungarian hamster Summary in English, the rest in German Figala_etal_Oecologia_73.pdf
- The influence of photoperiod and melatonin on testis size, body weight, and pelage colour in the Djungarian hamster Hoffman_JCP_73.pdf
- Effects of short photoperiods on puberty, growth and moult in the Djungarian hamster (Hoffman JRF 78, hard copy only)
- 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
- Testicular function and pelage color have different critical daylengths in the Djungarian hamster (Duncan et al. Endocrinology 85, hard copy only)
- 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
- Peak duration of serum melatonin and short-day responses in adult Siberian hamsters Bartness&Goldman_AJP_88.pdf
- Differential effects of short day pretreatment on melatonin-induced adjustments in Djungarian hamsters Puchalski_etal_LS_88.pdf
- Evidence for genetic variation in the occurrence of the photoresponse of the Djungarian hamster Kliman&Lynch_JBR_92.pdf
- The Mel(1b) receptor is not necessary for reproductive and circadian responses to melatonin in Siberian hamsters Weaver_etal_ME_96.pdf
- Environmental induction of photononresponsiveness in the Siberian hamster Gorman&Zucker_AJP_97.pdf
- Mammalian seasonal rhythms: new perspectives gained from the use of simulated natural photoperiods (Gorman & Zucker Biological Clocks 98, hard copy only)
- Genetic and environmental influences on short-day responsiveness in Siberian hamsters Goldman_etal_JBR_00.pdf
- Mammalian photoperiodic system: formal properties and neuroendocrine mechanisms of photoperiodic time measurement Goldman_JBR_01.pdf
- Photoperiodic polyphenisms in rodents: neuroendocrine mechanisms, costs and functions Prendergast_etal_QRB_01.pdf
- 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
- Early photoperiod history and short-day responsiveness in Siberian hamsters Goldman&Goldman_JEZ_03.pdf
- Photoperiod-dependent modulation of cardiac excitation contraction coupling in the Siberian hamster Dibb_etal_AJP_05.pdf
- 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
- REVIEW: Endocrine mechanisms of seasonal adaptation in small mammals: from early results to present understanding Scherbarth&Steinlechner_JCPB_10.pdf
Circadian rhythms
- Daily melatonin injections affect the expression of circadian rhythmicity in Djungarian hamsters kept under a long-day photoperiod Puchalski&Lynch_NE_88.pdf
- Dim nocturnal illumination alters coupling of circadian pacemakers in Siberian hamsters Gorman&Elliott_JCPA_04.pdf
Immune response
- 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
- Effects of photoperiod, pinealectomy and castration on body weight and daily torpor in Djungarian hamsters Vitale_etal_JE_85.pdf
- Photoperiod, temperature and melatonin effects on thermoregulatory behavior in Djungarian hamsters Puchalski_etal_P&B_88.pdf
- Prolactin and testosterone inhibit torpor in Siberian hamsters Ruby_etal_AJP_93.pdf
- Reduced leptin concentrations are permissive for display of torpor in Siberian hamsters Freeman_etal_AJP_04.pdf
- Torpor and ultradian rhythms require an intact signalling of the sympathetic nervous system Braulke&Heldmaier_Cryobiology_10.pdf
Seasonality
- 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
- Reproductive and nonreproductive responsiveness to photoperiod in laboratory rats Nelson_etal_JPR_94.pdf
Torpor
- Daily torpor in the laboratory mouse, Mus musculus var. albino Hudson&Scott_PZ_79.pdf
- Norepinephrine controls both torpor initiation and emergence via distinct mechanisms in the mouse Swoap&Weinshenker_PLOS1_08.pdf
- Cardiovascular changes during daily torpor in the laboratory mouse Swoap&Gutilla_AJP_09.pdf
- Daily torpor in mice: high foraging costs trigger energy-saving hypothermia Schubert_etal_BL_10.pdf
Side preference
- Food intake, water intake, and drinking spout side preference of 26 mouse strains Bachmanov_etal_BehavGen_02.pdf
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