Regulators of human white adipose browning: Evidence for sympathetic control and sexual dimorphic responses to sprint interval training

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Scalzo, Rebecca L ^a   Peltonen, Garrett L ^a   Giordano, Gregory R ^a   Binns, Scott E ^a   Klochak, Anna L ^a   Paris, Hunter L R ^a   Schweder, Melani M ^a   Szallar, Steve E ^a   Wood, Lacey M ^a   Larson, Dennis G ^b   Luckasen, Gary J ^b   Hickey, Matthew S ^a   Bell, Christopher ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Colorado Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; FIBRONECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TRAINING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897135539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090696     Document Type: Article

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