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. 1986 Jan 1;233(1):249–252. doi: 10.1042/bj2330249

Glucose utilization in vivo and insulin-sensitivity of rat brown adipose tissue in various physiological and pathological conditions.

P Ferré, A F Burnol, A Leturque, J Terretaz, L Penicaud, B Jeanrenaud, J Girard
PMCID: PMC1153011  PMID: 3513758

Abstract

Brown-adipose-tissue glucose utilization rate and its insulin-sensitivity were measured in vivo in the anaesthetized rat by a 2-deoxy[1-3H]glucose technique. Glucose utilization can be increased 60-fold by insulin, to reach extremely high rates. Glucose utilization and its insulin-sensitivity are modulated in accordance with physiological or pathological conditions.

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