Involvement of the parabrachial nucleus in thermogenesis induced by environmental cooling in the rat

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 760-765

  Kobayashi, Akiko ^a   Osaka, Toshimasa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Cold; Heat production; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0141705413     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1119-7     Document Type: Article

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