Brown adipose tissue: is it affected by intermittent hypoxia?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Intermittent hypoxia (IH), a model of sleep apnea, produces weight loss in animals. We hypothesized that changes in brown adipose tissue (BAT) function are involved in such phenomenon. We investigated the effect of IH, during 35 days...

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Main Authors: Rosa Darlan P, Kim Lenise J, Kaminski Renata SR, Carissimi Alicia, Baronio Diego, Fiori Cintia Z, Martinez Denis, Bos Ângelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/9/1/121