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Previous
work has focused on skeletal muscle thermogenesis and the ability of
cold acclimation to drive muscle oxidative capacity. We found
that when animals (goats, short-tailed oppossum) were chronically cold
exposed that not only were oxidative structures increased, but the
enhanced oxidative capacity was available for locomotion, such that
cold acclimated animals have greater running VO2max.
Additionally, nearly every characteristic typical of a slow-type muscle
is increased to a greater magnitude by cold exposure than by endurance
exercise training.
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