Central pathways controlling brown adipose tissue thermogenesis.
Heat production in brown adipose tissue contributes to cold defense, to stress-induced increases in body temperature, and to energy balance. Elucidating the functional organization of the central network controlling the sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue could provide a framework for understanding how dysregulation of thermogenesis contributes to hyperthermia and to obesity.
Morrison
Shaun F
SF
Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006.
D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D022722:Thermogenesis / Q000502:physiology*