COLD-ACTIVATED GROWTH OF RAT BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE IN THE NEONATAL-PERIOD

Authors
DRAHOTA Z HAHN P
Citation
Z. Drahota et P. Hahn, COLD-ACTIVATED GROWTH OF RAT BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE IN THE NEONATAL-PERIOD, Physiological Research, 43(3), 1994, pp. 201-204
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
Physiological Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
08628408
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
201 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0862-8408(1994)43:3<201:CGORBA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Repeated exposure of newborn rats to a short-term cold load between da y 10 and 30 after birth stimulates the physiological growth rate of th e brown adipose tissue. This indicates that in the neonatal period the brown adipose tissue has no reserve thermogenic capacity to compensat e an additional cold load and therefore the rate of tissue growth must be activated.