Hot heads & cool bodies: The conundrums of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity research

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-29

  Bahler, Lonneke ^a   Holleman, Frits ^a   Booij, Jan ^a   Hoekstra, Joost B ^a   Verberne, Hein J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Brown adipose tissue; Cold exposure; Cooling blanket; Head

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHIVERING; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; BODY WEIGHT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85008428246     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.12.023     Document Type: Review

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