Essential role of UCP1 modulating the central effects of thyroid hormones on energy balance

Objective: Classically, metabolic effects of thyroid hormones (THs) have been considered to be peripherally mediated, i.e. different tissues in the body respond directly to thyroid hormones with an increased metabolism. An alternative view is that the metabolic effects are centrally regulated. We ha...

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Main Authors: Mayte Alvarez-Crespo, Robert I. Csikasz, Noelia Martínez-Sánchez, Carlos Diéguez, Barbara Cannon, Jan Nedergaard, Miguel López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221287781600020X