Brown adipose tissue metabolism and thermogenesis.

Adipose Tissue, Brown/anatomy & histology,metabolism Animals Body Temperature Regulation/radiation effects Central Nervous System/physiology Cold Temperature Diet Fatty Acids/metabolism Food Deprivation Glucagon/physiology Glucocorticoids/physiology Gonadal Steroid Hormones/physiology Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism Humans Insulin/physiology Light Melatonin/physiology Norepinephrine/physiology Obesity/etiology,physiopathology Oxygen Consumption Periodicity Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/physiology Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/physiology Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/metabolism Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology Thyroid Hormones/physiology Triglycerides/metabolism

Fatty Acids Glucocorticoids Gonadal Steroid Hormones Insulin Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha Receptors, Adrenergic, beta Thyroid Hormones Triglycerides Guanosine Diphosphate Glucagon Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase Melatonin Norepinephrine