肩胛骨間棕色脂肪組織

肩胛骨間棕色脂肪組織（Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue，簡稱IBAT）^[1]，俗稱冬眠腺（Hibernating gland）^[2]。它其實並不是一種腺體^[3]，而是生物學家對於一種位於動物的頭、頸到肩胛之間的部位，主要以多胞性脂肪細胞為組成部份的淋巴腺組織^[4]的一種俗稱。這個組織是一種原始脂肪組織（primitive fat organs）^[5]，分為左、右兩球^[6]，主要用來儲存中、小型脂肪滴及發達的細胞小器官，以方便身體透過代謝過程而把脂肪轉化成為能量。

冬眠腺只在囓齒類及食蟻類動物出現，但其他動物及人類亦存有近似的組織，但只在胎兒期出現。生物學家在1970年代後期發現IBAT在囓齒類動物能夠調節體重及身體的核心溫度，若把實驗鼠的IBAT切除，會令實驗鼠的體重增加^[6]。

參考

^ 沈友直;廖斐瑩;陳介甫;王家儀. 肩胛骨間棕色脂肪組織於大白鼠適應低溫環境時之生理角色. The Chinese Journal of Physiology. 1991, 34 (4): 427–437. ^{[永久失效連結]}
^ Elroy F. Sheldon. The so-called hibernating gland in mammals: A form of adipose tissue. The Anatomical Record (Department of Histology and Embryology, Stimson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York). 1924, 28 (5): 331–347. doi:10.1002/ar.1090280502.
^ Laura Austgen. Brown Adipose Tissue [多胞性脂肪細胞]. 2002-08-08 [2009-02-04]. （原始内容存档于2010-06-24）.
^ Nnodim, J. O. 與 Lever, J. D. The pre- and postnatal development and ageing of interscapular brown adipose tissue in the rat. Anatomy and Embryology (Springer Berlin / Heidelberg). 1985-12-01, 173 (2): 215–223. doi:10.1007/BF00316302.
^ Wassermann, F. Renold, A. E. & Cahill, G. F., Jr., eds. , 编. Handbook of Physiology, Section 5: Adipose Tissue. American Physiological Society, Washington. 1965: 87–100.
^ ^6.0 ^6.1 E. CONNOLLY, R. D. MORRISEYT AND J. A. CARNIE. The effect of interscapular brown adipose tissue removal on body-weight and cold response in the mouse. The British Journal of Nutrition. 1982, 47: 653–658.

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脂肪組織

[1] 沈友直;廖斐瑩;陳介甫;王家儀. 肩胛骨間棕色脂肪組織於大白鼠適應低溫環境時之生理角色. The Chinese Journal of Physiology. 1991, 34 (4): 427–437. ^{[永久失效連結]}

[2] Elroy F. Sheldon. The so-called hibernating gland in mammals: A form of adipose tissue. The Anatomical Record (Department of Histology and Embryology, Stimson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York). 1924, 28 (5): 331–347. doi:10.1002/ar.1090280502.

[3] Laura Austgen. Brown Adipose Tissue [多胞性脂肪細胞]. 2002-08-08 [2009-02-04]. （原始内容存档于2010-06-24）.

[4] Nnodim, J. O. 與 Lever, J. D. The pre- and postnatal development and ageing of interscapular brown adipose tissue in the rat. Anatomy and Embryology (Springer Berlin / Heidelberg). 1985-12-01, 173 (2): 215–223. doi:10.1007/BF00316302.

[5] Wassermann, F. Renold, A. E. & Cahill, G. F., Jr., eds. , 编. Handbook of Physiology, Section 5: Adipose Tissue. American Physiological Society, Washington. 1965: 87–100.

[BrJNutr-6] 6.0 ^6.1 E. CONNOLLY, R. D. MORRISEYT AND J. A. CARNIE. The effect of interscapular brown adipose tissue removal on body-weight and cold response in the mouse. The British Journal of Nutrition. 1982, 47: 653–658.

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