Identification and importance of brown adipose tissue in adult humans

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1509-1517

  Cypess, Aaron M ^a,e   Lehman, Sanaz ^b,e   Williams, Gethin ^b,e   Tal, Ilan ^b,e   Rodman, Dean ^b,e   Goldfine, Allison B ^a,e   Kuo, Frank C ^c,e   Palmer, Edwin L ^d,e   Tseng, Yu Hua ^a,e   Doria, Alessandro ^a,e   Kolodny, Gerald M ^b,e   Kahn, C Ronald ^a,e  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THORAX; AGE; AGED; CYTOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349105205     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810780     Document Type: Article

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