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Functional brown adipose tissue and sympathetic activity after cold exposure in humans with type 1 narcolepsy
Author(s) -
Lotte Hahn Enevoldsen,
Marie Tindborg,
Nichlas Lindegaard Hovmand,
Christina Christoffersen,
Helga Ellingsgaard,
Charlotte Suetta,
Bente Stallknecht,
Poul Joergen Jennum,
Andreas Kjær,
Steen Gammeltoft
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/zsy092
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , brown adipose tissue , endocrinology , medicine , cataplexy , adipose tissue , neurology , psychiatry
To investigate the activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in patients with type 1 narcolepsy during cold exposure using two separate scans of sympathetic and metabolic activity of BAT to evaluate whether orexin deficiency leads to altered nonshivering thermoregulation in narcolepsy.

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