Frequent extreme cold exposure and brown fat and cold-induced thermogenesis: A study in a monozygotic twin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Vosselman, Maarten J ^a   Vijgen, Guy H E J ^c   Kingma, Boris R M ^a   Brans, Boudewijn ^b   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COLD EXPOSURE; COMFORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; G TUMMO LIKE BREATHING TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKIN PERFUSION; SKIN SENSATION; THERMOGENESIS; COLD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXTREME COLD; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOGENESIS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84904210835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101653     Document Type: Article

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