The research on the formation mechanism of extraordinary oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle in hibernating ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus)

Zoological Studies

Table 3 Changes of CcO activity in different periods (mean ± SD)

	Summer active	Pre-hibernation	Torpor	Posthibernation
CcO activity in SOL (U/ml)	0.9721 ± 0.1949^##	0.4382 ± 0.0734	0.7538 ± 0.2404^##	0.2888 ± 0.0426^**

^## P < 0.01, ^##compared with pre-hibernation; **P < 0.01, **compared with torpor