Sympathetic activation by fenfluramine depletes brown adipose tissue norepinephrine content in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 639-645

  Subramanian, Srividya ^a   Vollmer, Regis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue (BAT); Fenfluramine; Norepinephrine; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; NORADRENALIN; PENTOLONIUM TARTRATE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENTOLINIUM TARTRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036348484     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00857-2     Document Type: Article

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