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Science 20 May 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4292, pp. 908 - 910
DOI: 10.1126/science.860125
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Science, Vol 196, Issue 4292, 908-910
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The cell membrane sodium pump as a mechanism for increasing thermogenesis during cold acclimation in rats

DL Guernsey and ED Stevens

Increased sodium pump activity is a major component of enhanced tissue thermogenesis in skeletal muscle, liver, and kidney of cold-acclimated rats. The sodium pump may play a major role in the thermoregulatory heat production during cold adaptation in mammals.




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