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  • Title: Control of non-shivering thermogenesis in a hibernator.
    Author: Wünnenberg W, Merker G.
    Journal: Experientia Suppl; 1978; 32():315-9. PubMed ID: 25783.
    Abstract:
    Present experiments indicate that in hedgehogs two different control mechanisms of non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) exist. During arousal from hibernation catecholamines control heat production in the interscapular brown adipose tissue. In a non-hibernating state, cold-induced NST is controlled by a desoxycorticosterone-like acting compound. The effector system of this second mode of NST is obviously not the interscapular brown fat but a layer of brown adipose tissue which covers the whole back of the hedgehog.
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