Abstract
Electrophysiological stimulation of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMN) resulted in an increase in interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) temperature in both lean and obese ( fa/fa) rats. Graded stimulations resulted in progressively larger temperature increases in both lean and obese ( fa/fa) groups. Both intraperitoneal injection of propranolol and surgical denervation (but not sham denervation) abolished the increase in BAT temperature following VMN stimulation, in both lean and obese ( fa/fa) groups. Electrical stimulation of the supraoptic region, and certain anterior hypothalamic regions also resulted in increases in BAT temperature of lean and obese ( fa/fa) rats, but stimulation of the dorsomedial nucleus and regions of the lateral hypothalamus did not affect BAT temperature. All hypothalamic regions capable of activating BAT gave a similar maximum rise in temperature for a given stimulus in lean and obese ( fa/fa) rats. These results suggest that the efferent sympathetic pathway from the VMN and other hypothalamic regions of BAT is normal in the obese ( fa/fa) rat.
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