Brown fat activation mediates cold-induced thermogenesis in adult humans in response to a mild decrease in ambient temperature

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Kong Y ^a   Brychta, Robert J ^a   Linderman, Joyce D ^a   Smith, Sheila ^a   Courville, Amber ^b   Dieckmann, William ^b   Herscovitch, Peter ^b   Millo, Corina M ^b   Remaley, Alan ^b   Lee, Paul ^a   Celi, Francesco Saverio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR CONDITIONING; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THERMOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879993961     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-4213     Document Type: Article

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