Cold-activated brown adipose tissue in human adults: Methodological issues

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  van der Lans, Anouk A J J ^a   Wierts, Roel ^b   Vosselman, Maarten J ^a   Schrauwen, Patrick ^a   Brans, Boudewijn ^b   van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Cooling; Energy expenditure; Humans; PET CT imaging

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84904300669     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00021.2014     Document Type: Review

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