Cold-activated brown adipose tissue in healthy men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1500-1508

  Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a,c   Vanhommerig, Joost W ^a   Smulders, Nanda M ^b   Drossaerts, Jamie M A F L ^a   Kemerink, Gerrit J ^b   Bouvy, Nicole D ^b   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a   Teule, G J Jaap ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349095231     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808718     Document Type: Article

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