Central mechanisms for thermoregulation

SF Morrison, K Nakamura - Annual review of physiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Maintenance of a homeostatic body core temperature is a critical brain function
accomplished by a central neural network. This orchestrates a complex behavioral and …

A hypothalamomedullary network for physiological responses to environmental stresses

K Nakamura, Y Nakamura, N Kataoka - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Various environmental stressors, such as extreme temperatures (hot and cold), pathogens,
predators and insufficient food, can threaten life. Remarkable progress has recently been …

[HTML][HTML] Central neural pathways for thermoregulation

SF Morrison, K Nakamura - Frontiers in bioscience: a journal and …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Central neural circuits orchestrate a homeostatic repertoire to maintain body temperature
during environmental temperature challenges and to alter body temperature during the …

Central circuitries for body temperature regulation and fever

K Nakamura - American journal of Physiology-Regulatory …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Body temperature regulation is a fundamental homeostatic function that is governed by the
central nervous system in homeothermic animals, including humans. The central …

Fever and hypothermia in systemic inflammation

A Garami, AA Steiner, AA Romanovsky - handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Systemic inflammation-associated syndromes (eg, sepsis and septic shock) often have high
mortality and remain a challenge in emergency medicine. Systemic inflammation is usually …

The brain and brown fat

C Contreras, F Gonzalez, J Fernø, C Diéguez… - Annals of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized organ responsible for thermogenesis, a process
required for maintaining body temperature. BAT is regulated by the sympathetic nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Central control of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis

SF Morrison, CJ Madden, D Tupone - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Thermogenesis, the production of heat energy, is an essential component of the homeostatic
repertoire to maintain body temperature during the challenge of low environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Central nervous system regulation of brown adipose tissue

SF Morrison, CJ Madden - Comprehensive Physiology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thermogenesis, the production of heat energy, in brown adipose tissue is a significant
component of the homeostatic repertoire to maintain body temperature during the challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Traveling from the hypothalamus to the adipose tissue: the thermogenic pathway

C Contreras, R Nogueiras, C Diéguez, K Rahmouni… - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized tissue critical for non-shivering thermogenesis
producing heat through mitochondrial uncoupling; whereas white adipose tissue (WAT) is …

Prostaglandin EP3 receptor–expressing preoptic neurons bidirectionally control body temperature via tonic GABAergic signaling

Y Nakamura, T Yahiro, A Fukushima, N Kataoka… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The bidirectional controller of the thermoregulatory center in the preoptic area (POA) is
unknown. Using rats, here, we identify prostaglandin EP3 receptor–expressing POA …