Raising at thermoneutrality prevents obesity and hyperphagia in BAT- ablated transgenic mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Melnyk, Anna ^a   Harper, Mary Ellen ^a   Himms Hagen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; energy expenditure; food intake; temperature; thermoregulation; uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DNA; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0030908827     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.4.r1088     Document Type: Article

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