Yes, even human brown fat is on fire!

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 486-489

  Cannon, Barbara ^a   Nedergaard, Jan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMBUSTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84856521439     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI60941     Document Type: Note

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