Relevance of brown adipose tissue in infancy and adolescence

Pediatric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Gilsanz, Vicente ^a   Hu, Houchun H ^a,b   Kajimura, Shingo ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P55; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENCE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84872078092     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.141     Document Type: Review

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