Central Serotonergic Neurons Activate and Recruit Thermogenic Brown and Beige Fat and Regulate Glucose and Lipid Homeostasis

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 692-705

  McGlashon, Jacob M ^a,b,c   Gorecki, Michelle C ^a,b,c   Kozlowski, Amanda E ^a   Thirnbeck, Caitlin K ^a   Markan, Kathleen R ^a   Leslie, Kirstie L ^a   Kotas, Maya E ^d   Potthoff, Matthew J ^a   Richerson, George B ^a,e   Gillum, Matthew P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; SEROTONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; UCP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UCP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEIGE ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STEATOSIS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INNERVATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; THERMOGENESIS; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84984804817     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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