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. 1990 Dec;48(6):783-7.
doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(90)90227-u.

Sympathoadrenal activity and hypoglycemia in the hibernating garden dormouse

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Sympathoadrenal activity and hypoglycemia in the hibernating garden dormouse

C Atgie et al. Physiol Behav. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

The hibernating garden dormouse is spontaneously hypophagic during the prehibernating period at which time we found a low peripheral sympathetic activity (S.A.). The aim of this work was to investigate the link between dietary intake and S.A. The S.A. was evaluated by measurement of catecholamines in both plasma and adrenal glands by HPLC. Food intake, body weight, energy expenditure and plasma glucose were measured during the reentry phase of the hibernating period. The following results were obtained: the energy intake in pretorpid animals (55 to 83 kJ/24 h/100 g body weight) was less than energy expenditure which was between 145 and 97 kJ/24 h/100 g. The energy deficit induces marked hypoglycemia immediately before the onset of hypothermia (117 mg/dl vs. 76 mg/dl) and leads to a drastic drop in the peripheral sympathetic system. This, in turn, reduced energy production, causing the hypothermia.

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