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BIOSCIENCE REPORTS
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 181-188Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013648208428
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thermogenesis; birds; skeletal muscle; shivering; non-shivering; calcium ATPase
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The article discusses the importance of avian skeletal muscle as a source for heat generation by means of both shivering and non-shivering. Non-shivering thermogenesis in birds is still a polemic issue. Recent evidence at the molecular/cellular level indicates, however, that this type of heat generation may also exist among birds. The involvement of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase in non-shivering thermogenesis is discussed in-depth.
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