Yossi Rathner

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..

The difference between a clinical technician and clinical practitioner is in the scope of practice: the need for a bioscience understanding in paramedicine

Joseph A Rathner, Christine Kettle

Journal article  |  2019  |  ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION

"Only teach me what I need to know!" This commonly heard refrain is often spoken by allied health students while studying preclini..

The capacity for oestrogen to influence obesity through brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in animal models: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Will Sievers, Joseph A Rathner, Christine Kettle, Anita Zacharias, Helen R Irving, Rodney A Green

Journal article  |  2019  |  OBESITY SCIENCE & PRACTICE

Pharmacological interventions to aid weight loss have historically targeted either appetite suppression or increased metabolic rat..

A combination of active learning strategies improves student academic outcomes in first-year paramedic bioscience

Puspha Sinnayah, Joseph A Rathner, Daniel Loton, Rudi Klein, Peter Hartley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Advances in Physiology Education

Bioscience is a foundational unit (subject) of undergraduate allied health degree programs, providing students the scientific basi..

Virtual reality in higher education

CP Fabris, JA Rathner, AY Fong, CP Sevigny

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive experience which immerses the user in a digital environment through a sense of presence. In..

Editorial

Gary D Christian, Ian D McKelvie

Journal article  |  2018  |  TALANTA