Frequent Extreme Cold Exposure and Brown Fat and Cold-Induced Thermogenesis: A Study in a Monozygotic Twin

INTRODUCTION: Mild cold acclimation is known to increase brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity and cold-induced thermogenesis (CIT) in humans. We here tested the effect of a lifestyle with frequent exposure to extreme cold on BAT and CIT in a Dutch man known as ‘the Iceman’, who has multiple world rec...

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Autores principales: Vosselman, Maarten J., Vijgen, Guy H. E. J., Kingma, Boris R. M., Brans, Boudewijn, van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25014028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101653

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25014028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101653

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