Brown Fat: Thermogenic Effect during Arousal from Hibernation in the Bat
- 21 June 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 140 (3573) , 1333-1334
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.140.3573.1333
Abstract
In the bat Eptesicus fuscus the temperature of brown fat exceeded that of other tissues by about 3°C during the late stages of arousal from hibernation. Heat production seems to be a major function of brown fat in the hibernating mammal.Keywords
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