Identification of two cell types in rat brown fat by electron microscopy
Pellet, H.; Lheritier, M.
Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de ses Filiales 169(5): 1220-1223
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9026 PMID: 131617 Document Number: 86276
In the Rat brown adipose tissue, the authors have observed by electron microscopy two different cellular aspects : some cells are more dark, they contain numerous glycogen granules, their mitochondrias are pressed close together and the mitochondrial matrix is darker then the cristae ; in the light cells, the mitochondrias are more sparse and moderately electron dense. The two cellular aspects are also observed on thick sections.