Stress-induced activation of brown adipose tissue prevents obesity in conditions of low adaptive thermogenesis

• Main Authors: Maria Razzoli (Author), Andrea Frontini (Author), Allison Gurney (Author), Eleonora Mondini (Author), Cankut Cubuk (Author), Liora S. Katz (Author), Cheryl Cero (Author), Patrick J. Bolan (Author), Joaquin Dopazo (Author), Antonio Vidal-Puig (Author), Saverio Cinti (Author), Alessandro Bartolomucci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Stress-associated conditions such as psychoemotional reactivity and depression have been paradoxically linked to either weight gain or weight loss. This bi-directional effect of stress is not understood at the functional level. Here we tested the hypothesis that pre-stress level of adapt...