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Complete cold substitution of noradrenaline-induced thermogenesis in the Djungarian hamster,Phodopus sungorus

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The thermogenic response to injections of noradrenaline at thermoneutrality was substituted by thermogenesis at low ambient temperatures. This demonstrates that noradrenaline-induced heat production is equivalent to physiologically induced nonshivering thermogenesis during cold exposure.

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  1. Zoological Institute, J. W. Goethe-University, Siesmayerstr. 70, D-6000, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    H. Böckler, St. Steinlechner & G. Heldmaier

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Böckler, H., Steinlechner, S. & Heldmaier, G. Complete cold substitution of noradrenaline-induced thermogenesis in the Djungarian hamster,Phodopus sungorus. Experientia 38, 261–262 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945102

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