Brown fat thermogenesis in cold-acclimated rats is not abolished by the suppression of thyroid function

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 283, Issue 3 46-3, 2002, Pages

  Zaninovich, Angel A ^a   Raíces, Marcela ^a   Rebagliati, Inés ^b   Ricci, Conrado ^a   Hagmüller, Karl ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Hypothyroidism; Norepinephrine; Oxygen consumption; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0036710835     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00540.2001     Document Type: Article

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