The effect of acute cold exposure and norepinephrine on uncoupling protein gene expression in brown adipose tissue of monosodium glutamate-obese mice

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-249

  Tsukahara, Fujiko ^a   Uchida, Yoko ^a   Ohba, Ken Ichi ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Yoshioka, Toshimasa ^a   Muraki, Takamura ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Monosodium glutamate; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031709213     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.77.247     Document Type: Article

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