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BROWN fat is involved in reactions to stress and in hibernation. The observations reported here show that it may also be altered in the rat after hypothermia. The Giaja closed jar technique was used for cooling and the method of Goldzveig and Smith for re-animation1.
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MROSOVSKY, N. Changes in Multilocular Brown Adipose Tissue in the Rat following Hypothermia. Nature 196, 72–73 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196072a0
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