Apparent thermogenic effect of injected glucagon is not due to a direct effect on brown fat cells

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

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

  Dicker, Andrea ^a,b   Zhao, Jin ^a   Cannon, Barbara ^a   Nedergaard, Jan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Pharmacia & Upjohn AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Guanosine diphosphate binding capacity; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Propranolol; Secretin

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCAGON; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCAGON RELEASE; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0031765348     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1674     Document Type: Article

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