Which process is most directly suppressed once a hibernating bear enters a state of torpor?

💡 Explanation

Once a bear enters torpor, further cycles of induced arousal are energetically expensive, and brown fat thermogenesis stops because noradrenaline signaling is surpressed, minimizing metabolic activity and therefore basal consumption. Therefore brown fat thermogenesis is suppressed, rather than others which continue at low rates until arousal events force a response.

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