Brown adipose tissue: Clinical impact of a re-discovered thermogenic organ

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 5 E, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 823-833

  Vijgen, Guy ^a,b   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Energy expenditure; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Review

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSULIN; THYROID HORMONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CACHEXIA; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HIBERNOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESTING ENERGY EXPENDITURE; THERMOGENESIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84884295368     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e663     Document Type: Article

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