CNS origins of the sympathetic nervous system outflow to brown adipose tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 45-6, 1999, Pages

  Bamshad, Maryam ^a   Song, C Kay ^b   Bartness, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Central nervous system; Obesity; Pseudorabies virus; Thermogenesis; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0033036199     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.6.r1569     Document Type: Article

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