mechanistic
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Strong Support
Giving thyroid hormone to rats seems to make a specific heart cell process faster, not by making it stick better to fuel, but by adding more workers or speeding up the existing ones.
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Stimulation of carnitine acylcarnitine translocase activity in heart mitochondria from hyperthyroid rats
Cross-Sectional Study
Animal
The study shows that in rats with high thyroid hormone, the heart's mitochondria move carnitine faster without changing how well it sticks, just like the claim says.
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