title: Serotonin content of the interscapular brown adipose tissue of growing rats.
abstract: In brown fat of newborn rats the serotonin (5HT) content is high during the first five days of life. This may play a part in the lipid repletion of the tissue, lipids being the main fuel for nonshivering thermogenesis. Subsequently 5HT increases more in young rats reared at 16 degrees C than in those reared at 28 degrees C but to a lesser extent than norepinephrine (NE) content. A possible role of 5HT in thermoregulation of the rat during the early postnatal period is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Adaptation Energétique à l'Environnement, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mouroux
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Portet
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D009638:Norepinephrine