Table of contents

1. Human Brown Adipose Tissue Plasticity: Hormonal and Environmental Manipulation
Francesco S. Celi

2. The Energy Sensor AMPK: Adaptations to Exercise, Nutritional and Hormonal Signals
Benoit Viollet

3. Plasma Steroids and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Response to Regular Exercise
Zihong He, Tuomo Rankinen, Arthur S. Leon, James S. Skinner, André Tchernof, Claude Bouchard

4. Sending the Signal: Muscle Glycogen Availability as a Regulator of Training Adaptation
John A. Hawley

5. Optimized Engagement of Macrophages and Satellite Cells in the Repair and Regeneration of Exercised Muscle
Regula Furrer, Christoph Handschin

6. Skeletal Muscle microRNAs: Roles in Differentiation, Disease and Exercise
Rasmus J. O. Sjögren, Magnus H. L. Lindgren Niss, Anna Krook

7. Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolites in Exercise and Mental Health
Paula Valente-Silva, Jorge Lira Ruas

8. The Role of FNDC5/Irisin in the Nervous System and as a Mediator for Beneficial Effects of Exercise on the Brain
Mohammad Rashedul Islam, Michael F. Young, Christiane D. Wrann