Leptin increases uncoupling protein expression and energy expenditure

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 1 36-1, 1997, Pages

  Scarpace, Philip J ^a   Matheny, Michael ^a   Pollock, Brad H ^b   Tümer, Nihal ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0030759687     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.1.e226     Document Type: Article

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