Ontogeny and thermogenic role for sternal fat in female sheep

Brown adipose tissue acting through a unique uncoupling protein (UCP1) has a critical role in preventing hypothermia in new-born sheep but is then considered to rapidly disappear during postnatal life. The extent to which the anatomical location of fat influences postnatal development and thermogeni...

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Main Authors: Henry, Belinda A., Pope, Mark, Birtwistle, Mark, Loughnan, Rachael, Alagal, Reham, Fuller-Jackson, John-Paul, Perry, Viv, Budge, Helen, Clarke, Iain J., Symonds, Michael E.
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Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42557/