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Catecholamine-driven cold thermogenesis

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  1. Heat produced by the thermogenic action of adrenaline may represent more than a quarter of total cold thermogenesis, and in winter swimmers shivering was induced later during cooling, after 40 minutes, suggesting an important contribution of non-shivering thermogenesis to the early thermogenic response.

    Epinephrine → Catecholamine-driven cold thermogenesis source_derived_draftungraded
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    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Cold-adapted winter swimmers and controls during one hour of immersion at 13 degrees C
    exposure
    One hour of cold water immersion at 13 degrees C
    limitations
    A comparison of adapted and unadapted people. The adrenaline contribution to thermogenesis is the authors’ estimate from their thermoregulation data, not a direct measurement of a hormone-driven heat fraction.
    nutrient_topic
    Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Cold water immersion
    organism
    Human
    plain_language
    A quarter of the heat may come from a hormone rather than from muscle shaking.
    primary_references
    [cold-p10825419] Thermoregulation in winter swimmers and physiological significance of human catecholamine thermogenesis. (2000). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10825419/ DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-445x.2000.01909.x
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Whole body thermoregulation

    Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 624–635

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Cold-adapted winter swimmers and controls during one hour of immersion at 13 degrees C · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

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