Plants, Babies, and Heat
In Chapter 11, you read that newborn babies are unable to shiver and that they have a thermogenic mechanism like that of plants. Babies use energy stored in brown fat cells to produce heat and plants tissues that heat up in response to their own developmental state also use cellular energy. This website presents a fascinating historical (through 1980) review of scientists's thinking on newborn thermoregulation.
Visit the Historical Review and Recent Advances in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine web site
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