Novel Aspects of Brown Adipose Tissue Biology

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-107

  Heeren, Joerg ^a   Münzberg, Heike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Lipoprotein metabolism; Neuronal circuits and metabolism; Thermogenesis; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CARDIAC NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MELANOCORTIN; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROSTAGLANDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; THYROID FUNCTION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84873253743     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: 15584410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2012.11.004     Document Type: Review

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