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Human Brown Fat and Obesity: Methodological Aspects

Much is known about brown adipose tissue (BAT) in rodents. Its function is to generate heat in response to low environmental temperatures and to diet or overfeeding. The knowledge about BAT in humans is still rather limited despite the recent rediscovery of its functionality in adults. This review h...

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Autor principal: van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22654813
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2011.00052