Brown adipose tissue: physiological function and evolutionary significance

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 587-606

  Oelkrug, R ^a,d   Polymeropoulos, E T ^b   Jastroch, M ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Echinops telfairi; Evolution; Non shivering thermogenesis; Protoendotherm; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; ECHINOPS TELFAIRI; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; TELEOSTEI;

ANTIOXIDANT; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84937970580     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0907-7     Document Type: Review

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