Abdominal fat analyzed by DEXA scan reflects visceral body fat and improves the phenotype description and the assessment of metabolic risk in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Weiyi ^a   Wilson, Jenny L ^a   Khaksari, Mohammad ^a,b   Cowley, Michael A ^a   Enriori, Pablo J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry scan; Fat distribution; Glucose tolerance test; Metabolic diseases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84865758067     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00078.2012     Document Type: Article

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