Research Article Details

Article ID: A20906
PMID: 25651169
Source: Cell Metab
Title: Turn up the heat: circulating serotonin tunes our internal heating system.
Abstract: Serotonin acts as neurotransmitter in the brain and as a multifaceted signaling molecule coordinating many physiological processes in the periphery. In a recent issue of Nature Medicine, Crane et al. (2014) find that peripheral serotonin controls thermogenesis in adipose tissue by modulating β-adrenergic stimulation of UCP-1, thereby affecting glucose homeostasis and weight gain.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.01.011