Innervation of mammalian white adipose tissue: Implications for the regulation of total body fat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 44-5, 1998, Pages

  Bartness, Timothy J ^a   Bamshad, Maryam ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Brain stem; Cellularity; Hamsters; Hypothalamus; Lipolysis; Medulla; Norepinephrine; Obesity; Paraventricular nucleus; Rats; Sensory afferents; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY FAT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNERVATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0031765344     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1399     Document Type: Review

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