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Brown Adipose Tissue as a Regulator of Energy Expenditure and Body Fat in Humans

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is recognized as the major site of sympathetically activated nonshivering thermogenesis during cold exposure and after spontaneous hyperphagia, thereby controling whole-body energy expenditure and body fat. In adult humans, BAT has long been believed to be absent or neglig...

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Autor principal: Saito, Masayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Diabetes Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441053
http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2013.37.1.22