Cold acclimation recruits human brown fat and increases nonshivering thermogenesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3395-3403

  Van Der Lans, Anouk A J J ^a   Hoeks, Joris ^a   Brans, Boudewijn ^b   Vijgen, Guy H E J ^a,c   Visser, Mariëlle G W ^b   Vosselman, Maarten J ^a   Hansen, Jan ^a   Jörgensen, Johanna A ^a   Wu, Jun ^d   Mottaghy, Felix M ^b,e   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL RESPIRATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN; THERMOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881260642     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI68993     Document Type: Article

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