Contrast-enhanced MRI of brown adipose tissue after pharmacological stimulation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 715-718

  Sbarbati, Andrea ^a,b   Cavallini, Isabella ^a   Marzola, Pasquina ^a   Nicolato, Elena ^a   Osculati, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BAT; CE MRI; Epinephrine; Microvasculature; Rat

Indexed keywords

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; RATING; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTROL GROUPS; EPINEPHRINE; HORMONAL STIMULATION; MICRO-VASCULATURE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MUSCLE;

ADRENALIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; LIPID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 33645768716     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20851     Document Type: Article

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