Adrenergically stimulated blood flow in brown adipose tissue is not dependent on thermogenesis.

@article{AbreuVieira2015AdrenergicallySB,
  title={Adrenergically stimulated blood flow in brown adipose tissue is not dependent on thermogenesis.},
  author={Gustavo Abreu-Vieira and Carolina E. Hagberg and Kirsty L. Spalding and Barbara Cannon and Jan Nedergaard},
  journal={American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism},
  year={2015},
  volume={308 9},
  pages={
          E822-9
        }
}
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis relies on blood flow to be supplied with nutrients and oxygen and for the distribution of the generated heat to the rest of the body. Therefore, it is fundamental to understand the mechanisms by which blood flow is regulated and its relation to thermogenesis. Here, we present high-resolution laser-Doppler imaging (HR-LDR) as a novel method for noninvasive in vivo measurement of BAT blood flow in mice. Using HR-LDR, we found that norepinephrine… 
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