Metabolic consequences of the presence or absence of the thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue in mice (and probably in humans)

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue , 2010, Pages S7-S16

  Cannon, B ^a   Nedergaard, J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Cold tolerance; Diet induced thermogenesis; Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Ucp1

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; NORADRENALIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEVER; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID COMPOSITION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; THERMOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS;

MUS;

EID: 77953809603     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.177     Document Type: Article

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