Brown adipose tissue and aging

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Lecoultre, Virgile ^a   Ravussin, Eric ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; IDEAL MRI; PET computed tomography scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD INDUCED THERMOGENESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET INDUCED THERMOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; AGING; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79851508481     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328341221e     Document Type: Article

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