The sensory innervation of white adipose tissue (WAT) is indicated by the labeling of sensory bipolar neurons in the dorsal root ganglion after retrograde dye placement into WAT. In addition, immunoreactivity (ir) for sensory-associated neuropeptides such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P in WAT pads also supports the notion of WAT sensory innervation. The function of th...

The accuracy of 3 optical probes (HGP4 Hennessey Grading Probe, Destron-Feering PG-100 probe, and Giraldo OPTO-Electronic PG-200 probe) to predict the carcass percentage of 5 alternative measures of carcass composition (fat-tissue-free lean, lipid-free soft tissue, lipid-free lean, total fat tissue, and soft tissue lipid) was evaluated on 203 barrows and gilts of 7 genetic populations. The opti...

introduction : wound healing has always been one of the challenging issues in medicine, of which the details and treatments concern researchers the most. different agents and drugs affecting wound healing process have been the subjects of many studies. one of these agents which is experimentally used for many years, is the animal peritoneal fat. yet, there is no documented study of its effects ...

INTRODUCTION Obesity is considered one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century in children and adolescents. The percentile or Z-score of the body mass index is widely used in children and adolescents to define and assess overweight and obesity, but it does not determine the percentage of total body fat. Other anthropometric measurements that determine total body fat are s...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine if, in the general population, physically active adults have less body fat after taking body mass index (BMI) into account. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of participants recruited into UK Biobank in 2006-2010. SETTING UK Biobank assessment centres throughout the UK. PARTICIPANTS 119 230 men and 140 578 women aged 40-69 years, with ...

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is present in both motor and sensory neurons and transported in the somatofugal direction. CGRP levels in sensory neurons are assumed to be regulated by NGF supplied from their peripheral targets. In cultured sensory neurons, however, a basal level of CGRP persists even without NGF. This suggests that some additional factors may be involved in regulation o...