Inhibition of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis by neurons in the ventrolateral medulla and in the nucleus tractus solitarius

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cao, Wei Hua ^a   Madden, Christopher J ^a   Morrison, Shaun F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptor; Fentanyl; Raphe

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FENTANYL; GLYCINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEVER; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLD TEMPERATURE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FEVER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCIMOL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 77954394705     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00039.2010     Document Type: Article

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