Brown adipose tissue and the regulation of nonshivering thermogenesis

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-552

  Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptive thermogenesis; facultative thermogenesis; oxidative metabolism; PET CT scan; thermoneutral zone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CELL PROTEIN; INSULIN; IRISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; PLASTICITY; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868213635     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283599184     Document Type: Review

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