The cold path to BAT

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  McAllen, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PROPRANOLOL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; COLD; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREOPTIC AREA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 33846154294     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00651.2006     Document Type: Editorial

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