The influence of early life nutrition on adipose tissue development is modulated by age in sheep

Introduction Non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT), mediated by a unique uncoupling protein (UCP1), is essential for metabolic adaptation birth in large mammals such as sheep. BAT then undergoes substantial changes as UCP1 is gradually lost and replaced with white adipose tissu...

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Main Author: Alhaddad, Ahmad
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55967/