Accession Number:

AD0647587

Title:

PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE.

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept.,

Corporate Author:

HOKKAIDO UNIV SAPPORO (JAPAN) SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Personal Author(s):

• Itoh,Shinji

Report Date:

1967-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

Recently it was claimed that brown adipose tissue is a major site of heat production during arousal from hibernation Joel, 1962 Smith Hock, 1964, in cold-adapted rat Smith, 1962, 1964 and in new-born rabbit Dawkins Hull, 1964. In order to elucidate fundamental mechanism underlying cold adaptation, particularly in the view-point of non-shivering thermogenesis, detailed studies on the role of brown adipose tissue in cold adaptation should be undertaken. The present investigation is purported to clarify not only the physiological role of brown adipose tissue but a possible role of this tissue in the endocrine homeostasis. Author

Descriptors:

• ADIPOSE TISSUE
• BLOOD CIRCULATION
• COLD WEATHER TESTS
• NOREPINEPHRINE
• RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
• OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
• ACCLIMATIZATION
• SEROTONIN
• HISTAMINE
• RATS
• JAPAN

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE