Anterograde transneuronal viral tract tracing reveals central sensory circuits from brown fat and sensory denervation alters its thermogenic responses

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Vaughan, Cheryl H ^a   Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Capsaicin; Herpes simplex virus 1; iButton; Interscapular brown adipose tissue temperature; Sensory afferents

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD EXPOSURE; DENERVATION; HAMSTER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS AND THERMOREGULATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DENERVATION; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84860506923     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00640.2011     Document Type: Article

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