Innervation of brown adipose tissue and its role in thermogenesis

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 420-428

  Bartness, Timothy J ^a,b   Song, C Kay ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Melanocortins; Pseudorabies virus; Sensory nerves; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

5 [2 [[2 (3 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXYETHYL]AMINO]PROPYL] 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE 2,2 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; EPHEDRINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646695720     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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