TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN: CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROL OF TORPOR [VERSION 2; PEER REVIEW: 2 APPROVED, 1 APPROVED WITH RESERVATIONS, 1 NOT APPROVED]

Turn it off and on again: characteristics and control of torpor [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

Torpor is a hypothermic, hypoactive, hypometabolic state entered into by a wide range of animals in response to environmental challenge.This review summarises the current understanding of torpor.We start by describing the characteristics dusty sage ribbon of the wide-ranging physiological adaptations associated with torpor.Next follows a discussion

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Bilateral occipital lobe infarction with altitudinal field loss following radiofrequency cardiac catheter ablation

Abstract Background Bilateral stroke following radiofrequency catheter ablation is an unusual complication and may result in bilateral altitudinal visual field defects.Bilateral altitudinal visual field defects usually result from prechiasmal pathology causing damage to both retinas or optic nerves and rarely from bilateral symmetric damage to the

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