Significance and application of melatonin in the regulation of brown adipose tissue metabolism: Relation to human obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-188

  Tan, D X ^a   Manchester, L C ^a   Fuentes Broto, L ^a   Paredes, S D ^a   Reiter, R J ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Brown adipose tissue; Melatonin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OBESITY;

EID: 79951838117     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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