Rearing temperature and the sympathetic nervous system regulation of white and brown adipose tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 5 52-5, 2002, Pages

  Vollmer, Regis R ^a,b   Skøtt, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY YIELD; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 17044460583     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00473.2002     Document Type: Editorial

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