title: A Controlled Burn: Sensing Oxygen to Tune Fat Metabolism.
abstract: Animals must decide when to consume precious fat stores in order to sustain life. In this issue of Cell Reports, Witham et al. report how oxygen-sensing neurons ensure this decision is made under environmental conditions that favor metabolic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: Niels.Ringstad@med.nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ringstad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen