Brown fat is essential for cold-induced thermogenesis but not for obesity resistance in aP2-Ucp mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 3 37-3, 1998, Pages

  Štefl, Bohumír ^b   Janovská, Alena ^b   Hodný, Zdeněk ^b   Rossmeisl, Martin ^b   Horáková, Milada ^b   Syrový, Ivo ^b   Bémová, Jaroslava ^b   Bendlová, Běla ^b   Kopecký, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; C57BL 6J mouse strain; High fat diet; Mitochondria; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT INTAKE; HIBERNATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0031959232     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.3.e527     Document Type: Article

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