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brown fat

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brown fat
n.
A dark-colored, mitochondrion-rich adipose tissue in many mammals that generates heat to regulate body temperature, especially in hibernating animals.


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Hjelle (Albuquerque, NM), heat shock in cell cultures and cold shock in vivo can reactivate SNV, which persists in heart, lung, and, interestingly, brown fat.
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