Sympathetic innervation of interscapular brown adipose tissue is not a predominant mediator of OT-elicited reductions of body weight gain and adiposity in male diet-induced obese rats
Mélise Marie Edwards, Ha K. Nguyen, Andrew Dale Dodson, Adam Jay Herbertson, Mackenzie K. Honeycutt, Jared D. Slattery, June R. Rambousek, Edison W. Tsui, Tami Wolden‐Hanson, Tomasz Wietecha, James Lawrence Graham, Geronimo P. Tapia, Carl L. Sikkema, Kevin D. O’Brien, Thomas O. Mundinger, , James Ernest Blevins
This study investigates whether sympathetic innervation of brown adipose tissue mediates oxytocin-induced weight loss in diet-induced obese rats, finding it is not required.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience