The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long
held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was …

Obesity and diabetes has become a major epidemic across the globe. Controlling obesity
has been a challenge since this would require either increased physical activity or reduced …

Obesity results from energy imbalance, when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure.
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) drives non-shivering thermogenesis which represents a …

Beige or brite (brown-in-white) adipocytes are present in white adipose tissue (WAT) and
have a white fat-like phenotype that when stimulated acquires a brown fat-like phenotype …

The development of sustained, long-term endothermy was one of the major transitions in the
evolution of vertebrates. Thermogenesis in endotherms does not only occur via shivering or …

Obesity results from an imbalance in energy homeostasis, whereby excessive energy intake
exceeds caloric expenditure. Energy can be dissipated out of an organism by producing …

Birds are endothermic homeotherms even though they lack the well-studied heat producing
brown adipose tissue (BAT), found in several clades of eutherian mammals. Earlier studies …

Mortality in piglets during the perinatal period, especially the first days after birth, is
frequently caused by non-infectious conditions, such as hypoglucemia or low birth weight …

Thermogenesis is an important homeostatic mechanism essential for survival and normal
physiological functions in mammals. Both brown adipose tissue (BAT)(ie uncoupling protein …

Key points Muscle‐derived thermogenesis during acute cold exposure in humans consists
of a combination of cold‐induced increases in skeletal muscle proton leak and shivering …