Pericardial fat is a nutritionally regulated depot of brown adipose tissue

Introduction: Obesity and related cardio-metabolic complications have acquired global epidemic proportions. Suboptimal nutritional environment in early life induces adaptations in energy homeostasis, metabolism and adipose tissue development that may confer short-term survival advantages but are det...

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Main Author: Ojha, Shalini
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30678/