title: Brown adipose tissue at the intersection of sleep and temperature regulation.
abstract: The article demonstrates the importance of brown fat in creating and maintaining a metabolic environment which is permissive for optimal restorative sleep after sleep loss. The authors propose that impaired brown fat function could be a common underlying cause of poor sleep and metabolic disorders.
authors: WWAMI Medical Education Program and Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience; Washington State University; Spokane, WA USA.
authors: Levente
authors: L
authors: Kapás
authors: WWAMI Medical Education Program and Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience; Washington State University; Spokane, WA USA.
authors: Éva
authors: É
authors: Szentirmai
keywords: body temperature; brown adipose tissue; energy expenditure; sleep; uncoupling protein