Activation and recruitment of brown adipose tissue by cold exposure and food ingredients in humans

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 537-547

  Saito, Masayuki ^a,b   Yoneshiro, Takeshi ^a   Matsushita, Mami ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; capsinoids; catechins; cold exposure; obesity; transient receptor potential channels

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL;

BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; COLD; DIET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIET; HUMANS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84994128034     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2016.08.003     Document Type: Review

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