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Science 21 June 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3573, pp. 1333 - 1334
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3573.1333
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Brown Fat: Thermogenic Effect during Arousal from Hibernation in the Bat

Robert L. Smalley 1 and Robert L. Dryer 1

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City

In the bat Eptesicus fuscus the temperature of brown fat exceeded that of other tissues by about 3°C during the late stages of arousal from hibernation. Heat production seems to be a major function of brown fat in the hibernating mammal.


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