肩胛骨间棕色脂肪组织

肩胛骨间棕色脂肪组织（Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue，简称IBAT）^[1]，俗称冬眠腺（Hibernating gland）^[2]。它其实并不是一种腺体^[3]，而是生物学家对于一种位于动物的头、颈到肩胛之间的部位，主要以多胞性脂肪细胞为组成部份的淋巴腺组织^[4]的一种俗称。这个组织是一种原始脂肪组织（primitive fat organs）^[5]，分为左、右两球^[6]，主要用来储存中、小型脂肪滴及发达的细胞小器官，以方便身体透过代谢过程而把脂肪转化成为能量。

冬眠腺只在啮齿类及食蚁类动物出现，但其他动物及人类亦存有近似的组织，但只在胎儿期出现。生物学家在1970年代后期发现IBAT在啮齿类动物能够调节体重及身体的核心温度，若把实验鼠的IBAT切除，会令实验鼠的体重增加^[6]。

参考

^ 沈友直;廖斐莹;陈介甫;王家仪. 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. ^{[永久失效链接]}
^ 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 [多胞性脂肪细胞]. 2002-08-08 [2009-02-04]. （原始内容存档于2010-06-24）.
^ Nnodim, J. O. 与 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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脂肪组织

[1] 沈友直;廖斐莹;陈介甫;王家仪. 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. ^{[永久失效链接]}

[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 [多胞性脂肪细胞]. 2002-08-08 [2009-02-04]. （原始内容存档于2010-06-24）.

[4] Nnodim, J. O. 与 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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