Identification of brown fat and mechanisms for energy balance in the marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Hope, Perdita J ^a   Pyle, Diana ^a   Daniels, Christopher B ^a   Chapman, Ian ^a   Horowitz, Michael ^a   Morley, John E ^b   Trayhurn, Paul ^c   Kumaratilake, Jaliya ^a   Wittert, Gary ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Respiratory quotient; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; THERMOGENESIS;

SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 0030740510     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.1.r161     Document Type: Article

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