Brain-adipose tissue cross talk

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-64

  Bartness, Timothy J ^a   Song, C Kay ^a   Shi, Haifei ^a   Bowers, Robert R ^a   Foster, Michelle T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipolysis; Parasympathetic nervous system; Pseudorabies virus; Sensory nerves; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC NERVE; BODY FAT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENERVATION; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHODOPUS; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; SENSORY NERVE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CRICETINAE; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 18844409595     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2004409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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