Anatomical locations of human brown adipose tissue: Functional relevance and implications in obesity and type 2 diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1783-1790

  Sacks, Harold ^a   Symonds, Michael E ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; AUTOPSY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MEDIASTINUM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBID OBESITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OBESITY;

EID: 84878239490     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db12-1430     Document Type: Review

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