Nonshivering thermogenesis in marsupials: Absence of thermogenic response to β3-adrenergic agonists

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-405

  Nicol, S C ^a,b   Pavlides, D ^a   Andersen, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GPO Box 252C ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

3 agonists; brown adipose tissue (BAT); marsupials; Monodelphis domestica; nonshivering thermogenesis; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

4 [2 [(2 HYDROXY 3 PHENOXYPROPYL)AMINO]ETHOXY] N (2 METHOXYETHYL)PHENOXYACETAMIDE; 4 [2 [[2 (3 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXYETHYL]AMINO]PROPYL]PHENOXYACETIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; NOREPINEPHRINE; OPOSSUMS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENETHYLAMINES; PHENOXYACETATES; PHENOXYPROPANOLAMINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3;

EID: 0031195084     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00357-X     Document Type: Article

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