Lipolysis sensation by white fat afferent nerves triggers brown fat thermogenesis

Objective: Metabolic challenges, such as a cold environment, stimulate sympathetic neural efferent activity to white adipose tissue (WAT) to drive lipolysis, thereby increasing the availability of free fatty acids as one source of fuel for brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis. WAT is also innerv...

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Main Authors: John T. Garretson, Laura A. Szymanski, Gary J. Schwartz, Bingzhong Xue, Vitaly Ryu, Timothy J. Bartness
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221287781630076X