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Cold tolerance, cold-induced hyperphagia, and nonshivering thermogenesis are normal in α₁-AMPK-/- mice.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Aug 2011
Bauwens Jake D, Schmuck Eric G, Lindholm Christopher R, Ertel Rebecca L, Mulligan Jacob D, Hovis Ian, Viollet Benoit, Saupe Kurt W
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Recent studies indicate that a substantial amount of metabolically active brown adipose tissue (BAT) exists in adult humans. Given the unique ability of BAT to convert calories to heat, there is intense interest in understanding the regulation of BAT metabolism in hopes that its manipulation might be an effective way of expending excess calories. Because of the established role of AMP-activated protein kinase...
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