Non-invasive quantification of white and brown adipose tissues and liver fat content by computed tomography in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lubura, Marko ^a   Hesse, Deike ^a   Neumann, Nancy ^a   Scherneck, Stephan ^a   Wiedmer, Petra ^a   Schürmann, Annette ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861212358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037026     Document Type: Article

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