Stress prompts brown fat into combustion.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.07.017 and PMC identifier 4181552.
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Abstract
Activation of dorsomedial hypothalamic-rostral medullary raphe neural signaling promotes brown fat thermogenesis, leading to elevated body temperature. In this issue, Kataoka et al. (2014) establish an important role for this brain-brown fat thermogenic action in psychological stress-induced hyperthermia in rats, implying a potential mechanism behind human psychogenic fever.
Medical subject headings
- Adipose Tissue, Brown
- Fever
- Hypothalamus
- Raphe Nuclei
- Stress, Psychological