Papafrangos E D, Lyman C P
J Gerontol. 1982 Jul;37(4):417-21. doi: 10.1093/geronj/37.4.417.
This report is based on previous data that showed that Turkish hamsters that hibernated lived longer than nonhibernating controls. Fluorescent microscopy was used to measure the lipofuscin content of brain and heart of hamsters that hibernated for various fractions of their lives. According to regression data the 13 animals that hibernated 11 to 37% of their lives had a slower accumulation of lipofuscin than 11 animals that hibernated 0 to 7% of their lives. It was calculated that the total amount of pigment accumulated during a life span was the same in both groups, in spite of the longer life of the hibernators.
本报告基于先前的数据，这些数据表明，进行冬眠的土耳其仓鼠比不冬眠的对照仓鼠寿命更长。利用荧光显微镜测量了在其生命不同时间段进行冬眠的仓鼠大脑和心脏中的脂褐素含量。根据回归数据，在生命的11%至37%进行冬眠的13只动物，其脂褐素积累速度比在生命的0%至7%进行冬眠的11只动物要慢。据计算，尽管冬眠者寿命更长，但两组在整个寿命期间积累的色素总量是相同的。
