Trayhurn P
Int J Obes. 1985;9 Suppl 2:81-8.
Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis has been shown to be suppressed during lactation in rats and mice. In parallel with this suppression there is a reduction in the capacity for non-shivering thermogenesis in the whole animal. The extent to which thermogenesis is reduced in lactation is related to litter size, the larger the litter the greater being the reduction. It is argued that the suppression of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis during lactation results in a substantial economy in the non-lactational component of maternal energy expenditure.
棕色脂肪组织产热在大鼠和小鼠哺乳期已被证明受到抑制。与此抑制同时，整个动物的非寒战产热能力降低。哺乳期产热减少的程度与窝仔数有关，窝仔数越大，产热减少得越多。有人认为，哺乳期棕色脂肪组织产热的抑制导致母体能量消耗的非泌乳部分大量节省。
