Role of sex hormones in modulation of brown adipose tissue activity

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Quarta, Carmelo ^a   Mazza, Roberta ^a   Pasquali, Renato ^a   Pagotto, Uberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX HORMONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84863521545     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-12-0043     Document Type: Review

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