A ROLE FOR BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE IN DIET-INDUCED THERMOGENESIS (REPRINTED FROM NATURE, VOL 281, PG 31-35, 1979)

Authors
ROTHWELL NJ STOCK MJ
Citation
Nj. Rothwell et Mj. Stock, A ROLE FOR BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE IN DIET-INDUCED THERMOGENESIS (REPRINTED FROM NATURE, VOL 281, PG 31-35, 1979), Obesity research, 5(6), 1997, pp. 650-656
Citations number
44
Journal title
Obesity research → ACNP
ISSN journal
10717323
Volume
5
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
650 - 656
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-7323(1997)5:6<650:ARFBAI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Measurement of energy balance during voluntary overeating in rats uneq uivocally establishes the quantitative importance of diet-induced ther mogenesis in energy balance. Like cold-induced thermogenesis, this for m of heat production involves changes in the activity of the sympathet ic nervous system and brown adipose tissue which suggest that this tis sue may determine metabolic efficiency and resistance to obesity.