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Aging and brown adipose tissue activity decline in human: does the brain extinguish the fire?

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Rossato, M. Aging and brown adipose tissue activity decline in human: does the brain extinguish the fire?. Aging Clin Exp Res 28, 579–581 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-016-0572-z

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