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Skeletal muscle as a thermogenic and postural organ
Skeletal muscle as a thermogenic and postural organ. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What it acts on
Skeletal muscle mass correlated with baseline metabolic heat production but not with non-shivering thermogenesis, and skin blood flow and skin temperatures did not correlate with non-shivering thermogenesis or brown adipose volume.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Eighteen men with measured brown adipose volume during gradual cold exposure
- exposure
- Gradual cooling to 18.6 degrees C for non-shivering thermogenesis and 11.6 degrees C for shivering onset
- limitations
- Correlational human physiology. It tests whether muscle compensates for low brown fat, and finds an earlier shivering onset instead.
- 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
- Muscle does not quietly take over the job; it just starts shivering sooner.
- primary_references
- [cold-p32948898] Multiorgan contribution to non-shivering and shivering thermogenesis and vascular responses during gradual cold exposure in humans. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32948898/ DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04496-1
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle
Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 520–531
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Eighteen men with measured brown adipose volume during gradual cold exposure · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### cold-muscle-does-not-compensate Skeletal muscle mass correlated with baseline metabolic heat production but not with non-shivering thermogenesis, and skin blood flow and skin temperatures did not correlate with non-shivering thermogenesis or brown adipose volume. Condition category: normal 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. plain_language: Muscle does not quietly take over the job; it just starts shivering sooner. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle experimental_model: Eighteen men with measured brown adipose volume during gradual cold exposure limitations: Correlational human physiology. It tests whether muscle compensates for low brown fat, and finds an earlier shivering onset instead. exposure: Gradual cooling to 18.6 degrees C for non-shivering thermogenesis and 11.6 degrees C for shivering onset evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/32948898.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "699fc07665c5f8800951348b6948dba539ed6aed5d1d354d4793be8f9f731b6a", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1697, "text_sha256": "699fc07665c5f8800951348b6948dba539ed6aed5d1d354d4793be8f9f731b6a"} [cold-p32948898] Multiorgan contribution to non-shivering and shivering thermogenesis and vascular responses during gradual cold exposure in humans. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32948898/ DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04496-1
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