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Brown Adipose Tissue Growth and Development

Brown adipose tissue is uniquely able to rapidly produce large amounts of heat through activation of uncoupling protein (UCP) 1. Maximally stimulated brown fat can produce 300 watts/kg of heat compared to 1 watt/kg in all other tissues. UCP1 is only present in small amounts in the fetus and in preco...

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Autor principal: Symonds, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/305763