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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Adipose Tissue > Adipose Tissue, Brown

Preferred term

Adipose Tissue, Brown  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Brown Adipose Tissue
  • Brown Fat
  • Fat, Brown

Scope note

  • A thermogenic form of adipose tissue composed of BROWN ADIPOCYTES. It is found in newborns of many species including humans, and in hibernating mammals. Brown fat is richly vascularized, innervated, and densely packed with MITOCHONDRIA which can generate heat directly from the stored lipids.

History note

  • 2007 (1968)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002001

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