When Some Fat Cells Feel The Cold, They Burn Calories To Produce Heat by Elizabeth Norton. The Washington Post. July 15, 2013.
(1) What is the significance of the difference between indirect and direct response of fat cells to cold?
(2) The chief chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system, ______________, stimulates receptors in brown fat to release energy and generate heat.
(3) Contrast brown fat and white fat in terms of diabetes resistance.
(4) The protein UCP1 is thought to be central in _____________.
(5) Explain what happens to UCP1 in white fat cells when they are exposed to cold?
(6) The results of the study indicates that the response of the white fat cells is independent of the _________________.
(7) True or False: The research here indicates that a "fat pill" is imminent.
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