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SUBMITTER: Hemelrijk SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5832815 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hemelrijk Sebastiaan D SD Dirkes Marcel C MC van Velzen Marit H N MHN Bezemer Rick R van Gulik Thomas M TM Heger Michal M
Scientific reports 20180301 1
Hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S, 80 ppm) gas in an atmosphere of 17.5% oxygen reportedly induces suspended animation in mice; a state analogous to hibernation that entails hypothermia and hypometabolism. However, exogenous H<sub>2</sub>S in combination with 17.5% oxygen is able to induce hypoxia, which in itself is a trigger of hypometabolism/hypothermia. Using non-invasive thermographic imaging, we demonstrated that mice exposed to hypoxia (5% oxygen) reduce their body temperature to ambient t ...[more]