Sympathetic outflow to interscapular brown adipose tissue in cold acclimated mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-235

  Kirov, S A ^a   Talan, M I ^a   Engel, B T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Nervous activity; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Rodents; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029918558     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02129-9     Document Type: Article

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