Yossi Rathner

Both caffeine and Capsicum annuum fruit powder lower blood glucose levels and increase brown adipose tissue temperature in healthy adult males

Lachlan Van Schaik, Christine Kettle, Rod Green, Daniel Wundersitz, Brett Gordon, Helen RR Irving, Joseph AA Rathner

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY

Using a combination of respiratory gas exchange, infrared thermography, and blood glucose (BGL) analysis, we have investigated the..

The effect of estrogen on brown adipose tissue activity in male rats

W Sievers, C Kettle, RA Green, L Van Schaik, MW Hale, HR Irving, DR Whelan, JA Rathner

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC RESEARCH NOTES

OBJECTIVE: Centrally administered estrogen can increase sympathetic nerve activity to brown adipose tissue, resulting in thermogen..

Corrigendum: Both caffeine and Capsicum annuum fruit powder lower blood glucose levels and increase brown adipose tissue temperature in healthy adult males.

Lachlan Van Schaik, Christine Kettle, Rod Green, Daniel Wundersitz, Brett Gordon, Helen R Irving, Joseph A Rathner

Journal article  |  2022  |  Front Physiol

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From Psychology Laboratory to Student Development: Untangling Momentary Engagement from Longer-Term Engagement in Bioscience Education

Harry J Witchel, Rudi Klein, Puspha Sinnayah, Joseph Rathner

Book Chapter  |  2022

Development of self-regulated learning: a longitudinal study on academic performance in undergraduate science

NL Higgins, Joseph A Rathner, Sarah Frankland

Journal article  |  2021  |  RESEARCH IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION

Background: Self-regulated learning (SRL) encompasses the strategies and behaviours that allow students to transform cognitive abi..

Effects of Caffeine on Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Metabolic Homeostasis: A Review

Lachlan Van Schaik, Christine Kettle, Rodney Green, Helen R Irving, Joseph A Rathner

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

The impact of brown adipose tissue (BAT) metabolism on understanding energy balance in humans is a relatively new and exciting fie..

Stimulatory, but not anxiogenic, doses of caffeine act centrally to activate interscapular brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in anesthetized male rats

L Van Schaik, C Kettle, R Green, W Sievers, MW Hale, HR Irving, DR Whelan, JA Rathner

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The role of central orexin in the sympathetic control of interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) thermogenesis has been establis..

Self-Regulated Learning in Undergraduate Science

NL Higgins, S Frankland, JA Rathner

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Undergraduate science courses are particularly challenging for students transitioning into university. The departure from supporti..

Innervation of supraclavicular adipose tissue: A human cadaveric study

Will Sievers, Joseph A Rathner, Rodney A Green, Christine Kettle, Helen R Irving, Donna R Whelan, Richard GD Fernandez, Anita Zacharias

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) was identified in adult humans only in 2007 with the use of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emis..

The impact of flipped classroom andragogy on student assessment performance and perception of learning experience in two advanced physiology subjects

Joseph A Rathner, Mark A Schier

Journal article  |  2020  |  ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION

Flipped classroom teaching has been used by many educators to promote active learning in higher education. This andragogy is thoug..