Muscle nonshivering thermogenesis in a feral mammal
J. Nowack, S. Vetter, G. Stalder, J. Painer, M. Kral, S. Smith, M. H. Le, P. Jurcevic, C. Bieber, W. Arnold, T. Ruf
This study shows that muscle nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) contributes to thermoregulation in newborn wild boar piglets lacking brown adipose tissue (BAT), with increased SERCA activity and temperature.
bioRxiv · Jul 25, 2018Physiology