In vivo phenotyping of the ob/ob mouse by magnetic resonance imaging and1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-414

  Calderan, Laura ^a,c   Manola, Pasquina ^a   Nicolato, Elena ^a   Fabene, Paolo F ^a   Milanese, Chiara ^a   Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Giordano, Antonio ^b   Cinti, Saverio ^b   Sbarbati, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Leptin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

MUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; KIDNEY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KIDNEY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33749171735     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.54     Document Type: Article

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