Inhibition of brown fat activity during hypothalamic stimulation in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3 39-3, 1996, Pages

  Woods, Anthony J ^a   Stock, Michael J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arteriovenous anastomoses; blood flow; brown adipose tissue; neuropeptide Y; substance P; sympathetic nerves; thermogenesis; thermoregulation; ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0029963202     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.3.r605     Document Type: Article

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