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Name | A biological furnace: Nature’s gift to infants’ thermoregulation – An overview |
Description | An Over view DV Muralidhara1, Krithika D Muralidhara2* 1PhD, (Professor of Physiology), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 2*MBBS, MD, (Senior Registrar), Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India.
Abstract:- A child is born with incompletely developed organ systems of the body that may not be functionally mature. One of the most important functions that would be compromised is body temperature regulation, particularly so in the premature babies. This may be very crucial as babies have to adapt from a warm temperature to low ambient temperatures immediately after birth. Many clinical studies that have reported thermoregulatory deficiencies in premature babies support such views. There are many factors involved in thermoregulation. However, nature has provided a natural thermoregulatory system in the form of brown adipose tissue (BAT), especially in the infants that plays a vital role. BAT has also gained a lot importance in energy regulation in humans. An overview of the role of BAT in infants is presented in this article.
Keywords:-Brown adipose tissue, thermoregulation, infants. |
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Created On: | 10/04/2012 00:00 |
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