Adipose Tissue
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2001
221 pages
978-1-4987-1264-4 (ISBN)
Description
Today we know that white and brown adipocytes share many metabolic and molecular pathways, although their physiological function, i.e., energy storage and energy dissipation, respectively, are quite opposite for WAT (white adipose tissue) and BAT (brown adipose tissue). The authors in this book provide a comprehensive volume covering the whole rang
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-1264-4 (9781498712644)
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Susanne Klaus
Adipose Tissue
Book
09/2001
1st Edition
CRC Press
€230.65
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Content
1. Overview: Biological Significance of Fat and Adipose Tissues 2. Morphology of the Adipose Organ 3. Development of White Adipose Tissue and Adipocyte Differentiation 4. Brown Adipose Tissue: Thermogenic Function and Its Physiological Regulation 5. Brown Adipocyte Differentiation and Function in Energy Metabolism 6. Central Nervous System Innervation of Brown Adipose Tissue 7. Central Nervous System Innervation of White Adipose Tissue 8. Heterogeneity of Adipose Tissue Metabolism 9. White Adipose Tissue as a Secretory and Endocrine Organ: Leptin and Other Secreted Proteins 10. Adipose Tissue Pathology in Human Obesity
