Targeting energy expenditure in muscle as a means of combating obesity

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-124

  Clarke, Iain J ^a   Henry, Belinda A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue and obesity; Energy expenditure; Skeletal muscle; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; FENFLURAMINE PLUS PHENTERMINE; LEPTIN; PHENTERMINE; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL LINEAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DRUG MIXTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOGENESIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; SHEEP; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 74049155486     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05259.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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