Central nicotine induces browning through hypothalamic κ opioid receptor

Nicotine reduces food intake and increases energy expenditure in brown adipose tissue. Here the authors show that nicotine also induces white adipose tissue browning via central kappa opioid receptor action.

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Main Authors: Patricia Seoane-Collazo, Laura Liñares-Pose, Eva Rial-Pensado, Amparo Romero-Picó, José María Moreno-Navarrete, Noelia Martínez-Sánchez, Pablo Garrido-Gil, Ramón Iglesias-Rey, Donald A. Morgan, Naoki Tomasini, Samuel Andrew Malone, Ana Senra, Cintia Folgueira, Gema Medina-Gomez, Tomás Sobrino, José L. Labandeira-García, Rubén Nogueiras, Ana I. Domingos, José-Manuel Fernández-Real, Kamal Rahmouni, Carlos Diéguez, Miguel López
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a1356a9614a84addacb065641889c5db
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