Effect of age on brown adipose tissue activity in the obese (ob/ob) mouse

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Ueno, Nobumasa ^a   Oh Ishi, Shuji ^b   Segawa, Masahiko ^b   Nishida, Misa ^a   Fukuwatari, Yasushi ^a   Kizaki, Takako ^b   Ookawara, Tomomi ^b   Ohno, Hideki ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brown adipose tissue; Genetic obesity; Guanosine 5' diphosphate binding; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032509744     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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