Lachlan Van Schaik

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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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..