Is the growth of brown adipocytes necessary for cold acclimation in mice?

Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Nishimura, Masakazu ^a   Moriya, Masao ^b   Saitoh, Masaji ^b   Murakoshi, Naoko ^b   Shimizu, Yoshio ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenine; Adenosine; Brown adipocyte; Cold acclimation; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE GROWTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BUTYRATES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COLD; DRINKING; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032803709     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028315     Document Type: Article

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