Endurance Exercise and Adipose Tissue

• Author(s): Barbara Nicklas,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 1040180361
  ISBN_13: 9781040180365
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Anatomy , Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism , Medical / Sports Medicine , Sports & Recreation / General , Medical / Orthopedics ,

Description:... Adipose tissue, once considered inert connective tissue, is an essential storage site for key substrates used as sources of energy. In recent years, cellular and molecular biologists have advanced the concept that adipocytes are not solely a cellular storage location for excess fuel. Rather, adipose tissue is an active secretory organ that synthesi