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Brown Fat

Known as: Fat, Brown, BAT, Adipocytus multigutturalis 
A thermogenic form of adipose tissue composed of BROWN ADIPOCYTES. It is found in newborns of many species including humans, and in hibernating… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Adipose tissueBody Fat

Narrower (1)

Hibernating Gland

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Mechanism of amelioration of insulin resistance by beta3-adrenoceptor agonist AJ-9677 in the KK-Ay/Ta diabetic obese mouse model.
The mechanism by which the specific beta3-adrenoceptor agonist AJ-9677 relieves insulin resistance in vivo was investigated by… 
1985
1985
Zerdoun Bat-Yehouda (Monique), Les encres noires au moyen âge (jusqu'à 1600), 1983
1982
1982
Alterations of brown adipose tissue in genetically obese (ob/ob) mice. I. Demonstration of loss of metabolic response to nerve stimulation and catecholamines and its partial recovery after fasting or…
Metabolic responses to electrical nerve stimulation or norepinephrine of isolated interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) from… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Lipogenesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue of virgin, pregnant and lactating rats. The effects of intragastric feeding.
Lipogenesis in brown adipose tissue of virgin rats increased 8--10-fold after intragastric feeding with glucose or medium-chain… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Noradrenaline-induced calorigenesis in warm- and cold-acclimated rats: relations between concentration of noradrenaline in arterial plasma, blood flow to differently located masses of brown adipose…
Barbital-sedated, warm-acclimated (WA) or cold-acclimated (CA) rats were infused intravenously with noradrenaline (NA) at doses… 
1978
1978
Noradrenaline-induced calorigenesis in warm- and in cold-acclimated rats: the interrelation of dose of noradrenaline, its concentration in arterial plasma, and calorigenic response.
Barbital-sedated, warm-acclimated (WA) or cold-acclimated (CA) rats were infused intravenously with noradenaline (NA) at doses of… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Changes in the amount and properties of adenyl cyclase in brown adipose tissue during acclimation of rats to cold.
Adenyl cyclase of interscapular brown adipose tissue of rats undergoing acclimation to cold was measured in order to find out… 
1971
1971
Seasonal metabolic organization in the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica). I. Changes in growth, thyroid activity, brown adipose tissue, and organ weights in nature.
Ten muskrats (Ondatra zibethica) per month were removed live from the natural environment for the duration of 1 year, in a… 
1971
1971
Radiological detection of clinically occult cardiac failure following myocardial infarctionl.
Abstract 1. One-third of the patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction showed radiological evidence of pulmonary oedema… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Heat production in the new‐born rabbit and the fat content of the brown adipose tissue.
In the new-born rabbit heat production in response to cold exposure occurs principally in brown adipose tissue (Hull & Segall…